Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-01-27
The Dukes Trousers.

The Dukes Trousers.
The grandfather Of the present Duke
Of Westminster. Notwithstanding his
great wealth. had the reputation of
being rather mean.
A story was told about his once
looking at pair OF trousers his valet
was wearing and saying: These are
very good trousers. Did | give them
to you?"
Eyes. my lord"
swell. here's shilling for you"
said the stingy nobleman. I'm have
them back agaln."-"My Recollec-
tions," by the Countess Of Cardigan
and Lancaster.
A City Of Boiling Springs.
Carlsbad has been humorously de-
scribed as being built on the lid Of a
boiling kettle, which Is almost literal
" true, as 1t stands on a crust Of COM
parative thinness. through which rise
several mineral springs. The most
abundant and most used Of these
springs is the Sprudel, which dis
charges 10000 gallons day Of vari-
GUS temperatures. The water Of the
hot springs has been famous for more
than century as ''cure" for various
complaints. and the town can nearly
always boast Of its royal visitors dur
ing the season from May to Sept. 20.
The Peach Legend.
h1unnak n fpt1ffo onA a0ru.rz ha -
their legend. One about the peach
comes from Japan and tells how a
poor. pious old couple were searching
for food by the roadside. The woman
found a peach, which she would not
eat of, though starving, till she could
share 1t with her husband. He cut 1t
exactly In half. when an infant leaped
forth. 1t was sone of the gods, who
had, he said, accidentally fallen out Of
the peach orchard of heaven while
playing. He told them to plant the
stone of the peach. and 1t brought
them happiness, friends and wealth.
Animated Scenery.
OF sanctuaries for the eighteenth
century debtor the value of the thea
ter must not he overlooked. As long
as the actor was In the bounds OF the
playhouse he was safe. There was
John Palmer, for Instance, who lived
In his dressing room at Drury Lane
for months. But engagements, even at
Drury Lane, come to an end, and at
length Palmer was required at the
Haymarket. The journey was a dan.
gerous one, Necessity. however. al
ways fosters invention. They packed
him In cabinet, put the cabinet In a
cart aud called him scenery"
A Short Lived Newspaper.
The first newspaper ever published
In America never got beyond its first
issue. II was called Publick Occur
rences and appeared In Boston Sept.
%, 1890. II contained a promise to
publish In its next issue the names Of
all the liars In Boston. aud the author
tiles, taking cognizance of the threat,
wisely forbade the publication. The
Boston News Letter was the FIRST Jour-
nal TO be regularly published on this
continent. II was started In 1T04 and
was followed by the American Weekly
Mercury In Philadelphia 10 lIl9. Eng
lish Journalism is only thlrty.fiye years
older that American Journalism, the
London Gazette, an official publication,
having been founded in 1866. San
Francisco Argonaut.
Apple Pie Order.
To feet In apple pie order Is . phrase
which dates back to Puritan times-to
a certain Hepzibah Merton. Il seems
that every Saturday she was accus-
toned to bake two or three dozen ap-
pie pies. which were to last her fam
lily through the coming week. These
she placed carefully on her pantry
shelves. labeled for each day Of the
week. so that Tuesdays pies might
not be confused with Thursdays nor
those presumably large or Intended for
washing and sweeping days eaten
when household labors were lighter
Aunt Hepzibah's apple pie ORDER was
known throughout the entire settle
ment and originated the well known
saying.-Exchange