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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-05
Watching the Parade
BY John Pilgrim.

The ex-cOngressman dropped in on us
the other day and began to talk. He
always does. He says he got the habit
in Congress and cannot break himself
of it.
II always figure that some one must
talk" he said genially, land it might
as we'll he me-"
Then my Scotch pal, the captain,
likewise called My Scotch pal is one
of the best fellows in the world. His
defect is a passion for accuracy and a
perfectly outrageous memory for facts.
/ The cX-congressman said the moon was
made of green cheese and the Scotch
man challenged him.
Maybe I'm wrong" said the ex-con-
gresham, and hurried on TO another
subject.
1t started a sort of a sluggish move
ment in my brain. For years I've been
listening to the congressman-and to
any one else who wants TO talk-with-
out really paying any attention to what
was being said. l accepted statements
at face value. If any one were to say
the corn crop is good this year in the
Sargasso Sea it would not occur TO me
to doubt it. My Scotch pal asks ques-
lions.
DO you know that TO be true?" he
asks. "How do you know it? Is there
an encyclopedia in the house? Let's
look it up"
OF course. there is an encyclopedia
in the house, just as there is die
! tionary and Bible and love of hui
mainly, and it is used about as often
as any one of the three. l hear peo-
pie use words that are familiar to me,
| but cannot define them TO save my
life. They say things that are either
trcu or untrue, but do not know
which. l might find out by taking
three PAGES to the rear and pulling a
volume out of the book shelf, but l
never DO. l misQuote continually, |
find. Yet a misquotation is unforgiv-
able.
The Scotchman says that he is ma
urally very stupid. As n boy he stayed
at the foot Of all classes. Then girl
guyed him and he got angry.
al cannot be bright" he said to him
self. but l can at leas find out. how
bright other people are"
So he began TO ask questions. II
might be a good thing for the rest OF
us to do likewise. Only catfish swal-
| low hook, line and sinker.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-05

The moose charged the man in the
tree, but couldn't quite reach him. SO
he turned and charged the other man,
who was coming out Of the bslS.
The man returned quickly.
Then said the man in the tree to
the other: You fool, why don't you
stay in that hole"
you don't know as much about
this hole as / do" was the reply,
There's a bear in there"
A man went fishing for trout, &C
companied by a local youth. when his
foot slipped on a stone and he fell into
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-05
'Monument to a FaLsehood"
u. D. {. Calls Barbara s

and asked for the name Of the woman
concerned in the flag waving.
"The postmaster replied that he had
never heard of the incident, but that
If it took place it sounded like Bar
sbara Frietchie who was very patriotic
woman. The name appealed to Whit
tier . d upon that authority alone he
wrote the poem.
II also have a copy of a letter from
a nephew of Barbara Frietchie's writ
ten in 1874 in which he says he was
in Frederick when Jackson passed
through and that at the time his aunt
was unable to leave her bed much less
mount n easement and wave a flag.
"Another letter I have secured was
written by Rev. DIR. Zacharias, Mrs.
Frietchie's pastor in which he says
that when Jackson passed through
Frederick he was administering to
Mrs. Frietchie the last communion as
she was dying. He also insists that
Jackson's men did not pass the house
at all.
II have secured the chart showing
the route of the army under Jackson
in passing through Frederick and it
proves that Barbara Frietchie's home
was well removed from the route the
southern forces followed. And yet. in
the face of these facts, the women of
Frederick have erected a monument in
the streets of that city to a falsehood
in history.
"All that supports the original theory
is the testimony of an aged woman
now over 10 years of age whose
memory is admittedly failing. She is
a niece Of Barbara Frietchie and has
been fed up on this story so long she
actually believes it when the state
ment of her own brother shows it is
not true"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-05
Pointed Paragraphs

The recording angel plays no favor.
ties.
Society uncovers n multitude of fem.
mime shoulders.
+ A pickpocket is an artist with O
light and dainty touch.
1t is always safe to suspect man
who has an eye on your safe.
Nothing pleases a silly woman more
than a compliment she doesn't de-
serve.
Our idea of true friend is one who
sees US only from our own viewpoint.
Anyway, the Ohio man who was
bunkoed at the age of eighty-five, lived
TO a green old age.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-05
LEARNING FROM THE BLIND

A dispatch from Chicago reports thdl
a. blind student at Northwestern Uni
versity has won two law-school scholar
ships in the same year-an unprecedented
accomplishment at that institution, even
for students with perfect eyesight.
1t is not discounting the young man.
achievement to say that his feat is an
other practical demonstration OF princl-
pie long known to scientists. 10 them,
therefore the incident may not seem I'M
portant But the average person, who
unfortunately does not order his lite III
accordance with scientific principles. and
who has to be reminded occasionally OF
his own latent capabilities, might profit
by seeking an explanation Of the Chicago
youths superior scholarship.
In one of Conan Doyle's detective
stories Sherlock Holmes, who is ever
working out abstruse problems, says
that he could do his best mental work
if he were encased in dry-goods box
In other words, pictures on the walls, and
even the light streaming through the
windows of the conventional habitat of
civilized man, cannot but distract the
mind. One may not be conscious of inter-
ruptions to his train of thought, but
they are constantly taking place never
theless.
A blind person is, in effect, encased
in drygoods box. He has just one
sense less than those through which other
persons gain their perceptions When
a person is thinking, outside stimuli
may and in most causes do decrease his
mental capacity for the task in hand ;
his brain is more efficient when the
messages carried to it by the senses are
not so numerous, and when they are
largely of the same nature.
Of course this sounds simple-and it
is. But even those who regard it as
such are inclined to express wonder
when blind person displays surprising
proficiency at any task. The important
point that persons with perfect eye
sight" should consider well is that they
can increase their own efficiency by APP
plying to themselves the principle which
explains why the intelligent blind are
able to perform feats that arc popularity
regarded as wonderful.
One of the hardest OF tasks is to COM
rel the mind to concentrate upon a
single subject especially nowadays, when
there are countless sources of distrac-
ton. a person may be highly intelli-
gent, inherently-that is, the quality of
his brain may be Highland yet the fact
may not appear from his conversation
it certainly will not ii he has permitted
himself to fall into the habit of rambling
from one subject to another. What such
a person needs is rigid mental training
he should take himself in hand as though
he were lower ANIMAL dog. for ex-
ample. If he lacks the force of will to
become his own mental taskmastcr. there
is small hope for him. For, the older
the habit of haphazard thinking, the
harder the task of breaking it.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-05

he once invited me into his shop and
brought out a bottle of whiskey. / sat
myself down on something covered
with black cloth and we hobnobbed
together in friendly fashion. The IN
dertaker was an enthusiastic theatre
goer. He knew host of stars by
sight and had acquaintance with
few of the lesser lights. We talked
theatrical shop and I happened to
ask the undertaken if he knew what
had become of a certain actor whom
mentioned by name. Yes said the
man, composedly, you're a-sitting on
him now ="
An 1rishman who had attended a
fair unfortunately found himself ac-
cused of having caused the death of
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-05

the evidence the doctor who had made
the post-mortem examination said
''the deceased had the thinnest skull,
I have seen in the whole course of my
practice"
Verdict: Guilty.
Judge-Have you anything to say
why the court should not proceed to
pass sentence upon you?
Prisoner latter a long pause and
much scratching of his cranium)-
Yis, yer lordship. What business had
a man wild a skull like that goin' to
a fair?
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-05

While we do not know all of the har-
rowing details of the debt refundlng
scheme, cur idea is that if the British
have any money we'd better get it while
the getting is good. %. .-... ..r
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-05

New York, Feb. 3. - William 7.
Thompson, 76. for more than so years
star in English and American drama
and said to be dean OF motion picture
actors, died Sunday of pneumonia con-
tracted while on location" work. Dur
ing his career he played with many
notables, including Maude Adams. in
an appearance Of The Little Minis.
ter"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-05

the stream. En-
numbered by heavy
rubber W ad j *
boots which quick
~ filled with water,
he was ii some dis
tress, but after a
good deal of strug-
Cling he managed
at last to reach
safety though very
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-05

A Kansas truck driver who upset a
truck load of nitro-glycerine destined for
the oil fields has been arrested and charged
with careless driving. Probably he will
tell the Judge he isn't guilty.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-05

X leliOW creature
The case was clear
enough for the
poor m a n a d.
mitted he h a d
given " i'm a bit
of n clout wild me
stick" and I h a {
clout had closed
the mans career.
Tn the poIIrSa of
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-05

W IL Z II Naturally
abound with the
atrical shop talk.
Among his reminis-
cences of Drury
lane - the street,
not the theatres
the following: Il
was on speaking
terms with an I'M
dertaker there and
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-05

A man in Illinois is dead after being
asleep eighteen days. There arc a lot
of people who have been asleep eighteen
years and are not dead yet.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-05
CHILDREN'S SONG.

Sometimes wind End sometimes rain.
Then the sun comes back again:
Sometimes rain and sometimes snow
Goodness. how we'd like to kn)T
Why the weather alt"rs so.
When the weathcr's really good
We go nutting in the wood:
When II rains we stay at home.
And then sometimes other some
Of the neighbours children come.
Sometimes we have lam and meat
All tho things we like to cat:
Sometimes we make do with bread
And potatoes boiled instead.
Once when we were put to bed
We had nowt and mother cried
But that was after father died.
So. Sometimes wind and sometimes rain,
Then the sun comes back again:
Sometimes rain and sometimes snow.
Goodness. how we'd like to know
II things will always alter so.
Ford MADDOX Hueffcr.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-05

uns C ose at
hand.
Suddenly a big
bull moose sprang
out of the woods
and charged them.
One hunter leaped
into a small tree,
the OF b n dived
into a hole in the
rocks
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-05
A Laugh or Two

Two hunters were out after a bull
moose. At noon they spread their
luncheon, but neglected to keep their
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-05
eTHE MDGEs DANCE ABOON THE BURN"

The midgcs dance aboon the burn;
The dews begin to fa'
The naitrcks doun the rush holm
Set up their c'ening ca.
Now loud and clear the haCkbird's sang
Rings through the briery shaw.
While. fitting gay. the swallows play
Around the castle wa.
Beneath the golden gloamin' sky
The mavis mends her lay;
The rpdbreast pouTs his sweetest strains
To charm the lingering day.:
While weary veldrins seem to wall
Their little nestlings torn.
The merry wren. frae den To den.
Gacs linking through the thorn.
The roses tauld their silken leaves,
The foxglove shuts its bell;
The honeysuckle and the birk
Spread fragrance through the dell
Let others crowd the eiddy court
OF mirth and revelry,
The simple Joys that Nature yields
Are dearer far to me-.
Robert Tannahill.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-05
The Once Over.
NAL MENTALITY
TESTS.
BY II. j. PHILLIPS


a mentality test for all candidate!
for marriage is proposed by woman
member of the Oregon legislature
News item.)
For the Bride.
Who was the author of the phrase
Two can live as cheaply as one?"
Name five other famous liars IL
worlds history.
Who first said: "Love laughs al
| blacksmiths!"
Why are Niagara Falls?
Supply the missing word in this sen.
tence: Most married people are -
happy"
What words are missing from the fol.
| lowing - well, then, I'll go -
TO my k, you brute'
Can you bake!"
Do you contemplate doing so?
Would you consider an offer to de-
sist?
Have you any experience tending the
furnace
What's wrong with this sentence
at is every husbands privilege to
spend as many evenings at the club as
he wishes"
Who said: "Woman's place is in the
home?"
How did he get that way?
Give the principal parts of biscuits.
Are women people?
Are you marrying for love, money,
Has there been previous insanity in
your family?
How many men might you have mar
ried who are infinitely superior to the
one you have decided TO accept?
List the number of things you would
never stand for from any man." use
as many sheets of paper as necessary
For the Groom.
Write a 200-word treatise on the
goat.
Define "Nannie.
Bound Angora.
What do you think made you forget
yourself: The lighting arrangements,
the atmosphere, the moonlight through
the bay-windws, or just darned foolish
ness?
How many answers are theere to
the question: do you tell that to all
girls?"
Do you believe that a man should be
boss in his own home?
Do Vol intend to say so above whis-
per from now on?
"Lo invented hooks and eyes?
Why was he never executed?
What's wrong with this sentence {:
"Whenever my wife wants any new
clothes l just give her the money with
out a question and tell her to phone
me if she wants any more?"
Solve the following mathematical
problems: One weekly salary plus a
cigar, minus household expenses, equals
what? How many times does wife go
into vest full of loose change? Coat
plus letter, plus carelessness, plus wife,
curiosity, equals what?
If a married man walks five miles
night carrying a seVenteen-pound in
FAINT with cast in its right eye, how
many miles would he cover over the
same aeriod if he was single and car
ried nothing but carefree disposition
If all the sick friends husband tells
his wife he sits up with were placed
end to end in a line starting from Osca-
lOOsa. how far would they reach? Do
you think you could get them to stand
that way!
Copyright, 1928. by the Associated
NeWEDaperSO
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-05
Where to Go
Naudeville.

Vaudeville.
Majestic. Vaudeville and pictures.
Stock.
Royal. Edna Park and her players.
Motion Pictures.
Rialto. "The Voice From Minaret. -
Empire. The Pride of Polamar.-
Rivoli. "Some Wild Oats"
Princess. The Third Alarm"
Comedy.
Grand. THE Comedy Four
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-05

much exhausted. When he had som :;
what recovered his breath, he said
to the youth who had been watching
him all the time: II noticed you never
tried to help me-" Nav" was the
reply. but it wasn't because l wasn't
thinkin' of it,
Whimsical Walker, the famous Eng
fish clown, has followed the prevailing
fashion and written his recollections,
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-05

Dean Of Movie Actors nles.

Grand. THE Comedy Four
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1923-09-06
G. H. WOOD, Mayor.
Attest: III. Taylor, City Clerk. 1876
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

In the Probate Court, County Of Idaho.
State Of Idaho.
In the matter of the estate Of VIII
letta Lamb, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Letters
of Administration on the estate OF
Willetta Lamb. deceased, were granted
to the undersigned on the 18th day of
August, 1923, by the Probate Court OF
Idaho County.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit
them to me for allowance at my res
idence in Grangeville, Idaho, within
ten months after the date OF the
first publication of this notice, or they
shall be forever barred.
Dated this 25th day of August, 1913.
JOHN L. LAMB,
Administrator Of the Estate OF
Willetta Lamb, deceased.
16-5pd H. TAYLOR,
Attorney for Administrator.
Grangeville, Idaho.
First publication. August 30, 1873.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1923-09-06

tender of the, United States and both
principal and interest will be redeem
able in gold coin Of the United States
Of its present standard and fineness.
Semi-annual interest coupons will be
attached to said bonds covering the
interest provided therein, from the
date of issue until paid, and such
bonds shall be known as municipal
coupon bonds of the City of Grange
vile, Idaho.
Bids must be addressed to the May
or and Council of the City of Grange
vile, Idaho, and must be accompanied
by certified check in an amount
equal to ten per cent of the amount
of the bonds bid for. Said check to
be drawn payable to the City OF
Grangeville and to have no conditions
endorsed thereon.
Sealed bids will be received at the
office of the City Clerk at Grange
vile, Idaho, until eight O'Clock p m.
September 10, 1923, and same will be
opened by the Mayor and Council at
eight O'Clock p. m. of said day, at the
council rooms in said City of Grange
vile, in the presence Of all bidders
present
An abstract showing the, financial
condition of said City of Grangeville.
and all information relative to said
bonds, may be had upon application
to Hampton Taylor, City Clerk of the
City of Grangeville, Idaho.
The City of Grangeville reserves the
right to reject any and all bids which
NAV be offered for said bonds or any
portion thereof.
Dated at Grangeville, Idaho, this
9th day Of August, 1928.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1923-09-06

Grangeville, Idaho, passed and APP
proved the 10Th day of June, 1923,
providing for the holding Of an cleo
ton to submit the question of the
issuance of such bonds to the quail
fed electors of said City, and under
and by virtue of the authority con-
ferred upon the common council by
the election held under said ordin-
ance on the Oath day of July, 1923,
at which election the issuance Of said
bonds as herein offered, was author
lied and approved by more than two
thirds of the qualified electors voting
at such election.
The said bonds will be issued, ne
gotiated and sold for the purposes
stated in said Ordinance No. 15S.
Such bonds shall be fifteen (15) in
number, Of the denomination of One
Thousand ($1,0O000) Dollars each, all
payable twenty COZ years after their
date, but redeemable at the pleasure
of said City at any time after
the expiration of ten (10)
years. These bonds shall bear inter-
est at not to exceed six per cent per
annum, payable semi-annually on the
first day of January and the first day
of July Of each year, at the office of
the City Treasurer Of the City Of
Grangeville, or at such bank or trust
company in the City of New York, as
may hereafter be designated. None of
such bonds will be sold at less than
its face or par value, with accrued
interest at the time of disposal; de-
livery to be, made within sixty days
after the acceptance of any bid or
bids
Such bonds will be sold for legal
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1923-09-06
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

In the Probate Court, County Oh ldano'
State Of Idaho.
In the matter Of the estate Oh 30
seph Squibb, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given, that Letters
of Administration on the estate o.
Joseph Souibb, deceased, were granted
TO the undersigned on the 27th DAY
of August, 1923, by the Probate Court
of Idaho County.
All persons having claims aga
said estate are required to exhipl'
them to me for allowance Mt my res
idence, at Grangeville, Idaho, WITHIN
ten months after the date OF the
first publication of this notice OF 'iiey
shall be forever barred. oo
Dated this 9th day of August, 1873
RICKIE SOLUBLE, Administrators
A. s. HARDY, 100
Attorney for Administrator
First publication, August 30, 1873
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1923-09-06
PERSONAL

Mrs P. N. Kelsch and son
MI anu Euroencreek country, were IN
Of the ',,o Tuesday.
Grange Senator Seth ID. Jones, OF
whitebird, was TRANSFORMS LIZ BUSINESS -
Wn,nsevilIe during the week. -
0ls s,ss Amy Wiley, OF Lewiston, mas
M's here during the week. VISITING
frienus q Vincent and daughter,
ME- Irrna are home from Columbus
MISS - Ia where they visited rel
ss;yes and friends.
alls I'VE r Anger and two sons are
MlS srom Coffee Greek and Shelby,
NOME where they were guests OF
friends friend and relatives Tor several
weeks en- milton Odem and
on lemon returned late last week
I'm Fort Douglas, near SAT- Lake,
I LII. where they attended the CITIZENS
u,,litary training camp.
Too Greenfield, who has been
ost of his sister, Mrs. Thomas
swEolley. for the last three and
IF months. departed Wednesday for
his home at iuoiduN ,
Marion Upton and family OF
vbitebird, and Lawrence Upton and
family. of Slate creek, were in Grange
lilo wednesday, enroute to Adams
camn for several days outing.
Mrs A. s. Hardy and sons have de-
30 tod for Los Angeles. They expect
remsin In southern California dur
inc the school year, and will quite
HOLY take up their residence i'll Santa
Ana.
ga. Carpenter has departed for the
clearwater country where, ON Monday,
no opened the fall term of the Big
Cedar school, northeast of Clearwater.
Mr. Carpenter is regarded as one of
tbe best school teachers in Idaho coun-
Mrs. w. ]. Jordan, who has been
a puest of Mrs. Bertha Long since |
July u, departed Thursday for her
home in Lewiston. Mrs. Jordan was |
to Lewiston by her son,
Ralph, who spent the summer in the
forest service.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Zehner, of Sa-
lem, Ore, are visiting relatives and |
friends here. During the present week, /
Mrs Zehner Is guest of her sister,
Mrs. e. T. Shearer, of Garfield. Mr..
zehner had not visited Camas Prairie I
Tor fourteen years.
Bert Pannekoek, of the Denver
country, was in Grangeville the first
# the week arranging for a public
luction sale, he will hold on Septem-
Yer 20. Mr.. Pannekoek and family
Expect to leave soon after the sale
or Michigan, where they formerly re-
ided. They have lived in the Denver
ountry for the last six years.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1923-09-06
CARD OF THANKS

We desire in this manner to express
to our friends our heartfelt gratitude
for the many acts of kindness shown
us IN our recent bereavement, in the
death of our beloved wife, mother and
sister, Mrs. Laura Jane Feaster. Es-
pecially are we grateful for the many
beautiful floral offerings.
James Feaster
Olga Lee Feaster.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. f. Zehner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dave Wall.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. f. Basinger.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grafton Johnson.