Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-01-25
His Anxious Thoughts.

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He was the sole survivor Of the
wreck Of the Mary Ann, and when
asked what his thoughts were as he
found the steamer sinking under his
feet he replied
Il thought Of the future. of course"
you mean that your thoughts turn
ed toward eternity?"
mo, sir; don't. mean that my
thoughts turned toward home, and
tried to calculate how | could swim
fourteen miles. walk ten more and ret
home In time to feed the pigs."-Ex-
change.
Growth Of Gloves.
The principal source Of the worlds
Glove supply is Zanzibar and the neigh
boring island Of Pemba, East Africa.
A ten-year-old plantation should pro-
duce twenty pounds of cloves to the
tree. Trees of twenty years frequent
~ produce upward Of 100 pounds each.
Besides the buds, the stems are gath
cred and form an article of commerce,
commanding one-ffth the price Of
cloves and having about the same per-
centage of strength. To this is due
the fact that ground cloves can be
bought at a lower price than the whole
cloves. Dundee Advertiser.
Old English Bribery.
Bribery, according to an expert on
the subject, first became a recognized
mode of securing votes in the reign
Of Charles l. 1t was afterward i'm
proved upon by George Ill, who lost
no opportunity of enforcing its claims
as good voter getter. If" he wrote
to his chief adviser on one occasion,
1.-The Duke of Northumberland requires
some gold pills for the election 1t
would be wrong not to satisfy him."
The king was not altogether selfish in
this matter of spending money. for
the gold pills came out of his own
medicine chest. the civil list, whereas
his successors drew upon the secret
service cash for the corruption of the
rs.-London Chronicle.
The raising of silkworms for bust
ness purposes Is confined to the warm
er climates, where such trade has a
probability of becoming remunerative.
The principal countries producing silk
worm gut used In the manufacture OF
fishing tackle are Spain. Italy and ia
pan. The most important center of
production In Spain is in the province
Of Murcla, where the peasants collect
and sell gut to the merchants. under
whose care 1t undergoes a lengthy
process of preparation before being de-
livered to the market. Barring their
common origin. this trade has no point
Of contact whatever with the manu-
facture of silk. as worms that are fles-
tined for one of these purposes be,
come entirely useless for the other.
Painful Vengeance.
zone Of the funniest patients ever
had" declared dentist, was a man
who came into my office some weeks
ago. He was just from the farm. His
boots were muddy and his hair un.
kempt.
~ want this blamed tooth pulled
he said, pointing to his swollen jaw.
He sat in the chair. | got.my for.
ceps. and he opened his mouth. | was
trying to locate the tooth when his
Jaws closed so suddenly thought he
would bite my finger.
Say. doe he said. pull 1t a little
bit. then twist 1t. Worry the darn
thing; worry it. Its been worrying
me for the last week. and / want to
get even Newark Star.
Bslatsd.
Il understand that Frailman has
come to the conclusion to contest his
wife's will"
Well. what Is there courageous
about that? She's dead, isn't sheYs