Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-04-05

It's fine to have fun, but don't let
the fine cost more than the fun.
Velvet carpets began to be used In
Europe about the fourteenth century.
Today is the tomorrow we worried
about yesterday, and it never hap
pened.
AS a general thing, girls, the ,prodi-
gal son makes darn poor husband
Dallas News.
1t is said that the famous Thousand
and One Nights" was written on the
island Of Java.
Lukewarm water often will revive
wilted flowers upon which cold water
will have no effect.
A hell upon earth awaits the wife Of
the boy who is mean to his MOTHER
New York American.
We are inclined as a people to let
too much fresh air go to waste In the
early morning-Toledo Blade.
The wisest man may be fooled, but
not twice in the same way by the
same person. Chicago Herald.
10 locate splinter under the finger
nail hold it over the end Of pocket
electric lamp in a darkened room.
The original spelling Of Mississippi
was Meche-sebe, which, in the Algon-
quin Indian language, meant father Of
waters.
Credit in business is like loyalty in
government. You must take what you
can find of it and work with it If pos
sible.-Bagehot.
When l left college I didn't owe
any one a cent"
Dear me, what an unfortunate time
to leaver-Tiger.
Windows may be kept clear and pol.
tshed if they are frequently wiped with
piece of chamois. This prevents the
dust from caking.
Adobe is black clay, rich in plant
food of a lasting quality and therefore
very resourceful, but too heavy and
sticky for garden purposes.
Some cuttlefish are so large that the
suckers, when stretched to their full
length, can encompass the girth Of q
half dozen human beings
The weight of ore cars descending a
mine in South Africa is ased to pro-
duce power by pulling a cable wound
around drum that drives a dynamo.
Lean pork strips are sun preserved
without salt in Spain. Deer, buffalo,
caribou, bear, goat and likewise tuna
meat is preserved in much the same
way.
"What is the secret Of your success?'
tits no secret" replied the conceited
man II just naturally did better work
than anybody else.' Detroit Free
Press.
The lines on the hands are not caus~
ed by folding, but by the action of the
blain. This is proved by the fact that
paralysis removes the lines from the
hands.
The most of our navy yards date
from 1900, in which year sites were
purchased for the yards at Boston,
Brooklyn Portsmouth, Norfolk and
Washington
French scientists believe that carrier
pigeons are influenced by magnetism
and that, with the spread of wireless
telegraphy, much less dependence can
be placed in them.
In the early days of the United
States navy chaplains were appointed
by the president, and it was by no
means the rule that the appointee was
an ordinary clergyman.
The accommodating Of substantial
fortune can create a prosperous man,
but not necessarily happy one;
peaceful conscience is the true content,
and wealth is but her golden Orna-
ment.
Only two species of trees are com.
mon to California and the eastern
states. They are the black willow (Sahx
nigra) and the aspen Populus tremu-
Ioides). Both are widely distributed in
the United States.
Actor-The people in this town don't
understand acting. III be hanged If
ever act here again! Stage Manager
You will, my boy! 1t was all could do
to keep the audience from lynching you
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