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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-09-04
THE BROWN-EARED WOLF
FTVA JAKE a piece of old newspaper
or wrapping paper, and tear
it into as many bits as there

TS AXE a piece of old newspaper
or wrapping paper, and tear
it into as many bits as there
are players. Mark each piece OF pa
per with number representing some
hour of the day until there is only
one piece left. Mark this piece with
the same number as any one of those
already numbered. This will make
two of kind; that is the papers
will read, one, two, two, three, etc.,
or, one, one, two, three, four, etc.
There can only be twelve numbers,
as there are only twelve hours on
the clock but if more boys are play
ing you can make some of the NUM-
bers half-hours until the required
number of papers are marked.
Under one of the twin numbers
mark cross, thus Ak. No one but
the lad chosen as marker must see
the numbers until they are drawn,
and then each player must keep his
number a secret Place all the
markers in a hat, and each boy in
turn reaches in the hat without
looking and draws a piece of paper;
the piece of paper left in the hat be-
longs to the marker. The boy who
finds he has drawn the number and
the cross is TT" or the Brown
cared Wolf.
"It," then retires a short distance
while the sheep decide what o'clock
they will be. He then announces that
he is out on a hunt for sheep and
with a cry the sheep has.en to form
themselves in ring around the wolf,
for If the ring is not complete before
he finishes the verse, he is allowed
by the rules of the game to catch the
boy who has not grasped the hands
of two of his comrades, one on each
side. The following is the verse
which the wolf repeats:
II eat no meat but woolly sheep,
My stomach is very good;
It's their blood, think, that I will
drink,
If caught inside my wood.D
Now this funny old wolf is hemmed
in by his prey, and in spite of his
bloodthirsty nature he is either not
allowed or is afraid to catch anyone
until the proper signal is given. The
signal is given in this manner: All
the sheep dance around the wolf,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-09-04
THE DOG FINDS A HOME
TTHE Jackal and his kinsman the
Dog lived together in the
bush.
TODAY'S RIDDLE

OO5 AFOO LO5OIAkCA III NAA~
bush.
One morning the Jackal said to the
Dog:
Go into the village, where there
are many houses, and all will have
ere on the hearthstone. Enter some
house and take away portion of its
fre!"
What shall 1 do with the fire?"
asked the Dog.
Bring it to me-" said the Jackal.
II am intending to set the prairie
grass on fire, so that locusts will be
dislodged and we can eat!"
The Dog was very hungry and
started at once for the village.
The first house he came to he
entered. A beautiful bright fire was
blazing on the hearth, in front of
which sat a mother with her little
baby in her arms.
On the fire was a nice little three
legged iron pot filled with mush,
which emitted a most appetizing
smell.
The Dog sat himself down before
the fire, and the mother did not OBJ
ject nor drive him away.
''I cannot take fire from a moth
er!" said the Dog to himself.
The mother took the mush from
the fire and began feeding it to the
baby, which laughed and crowed
gleefully at every spoonful.
1t was a pretty sight and the Dog
still sat there absorbed in the scene.
Presently, when the baby had I'm
ished its share, the mother noticed
the admiring eyes of the Dog.
II believe you are hungry" she
said, and offered the scrapings Of the
pot to the Dog.
Never had the Dog tasted anything
so delicious and he ate every NOR
sci that the mother gave him.
You seem like nice little Dog,
said the mother; II will keep youl"
The Dog thought over this an
nouncement carefully to himself:
Here are the Jackal and myself
always hungry. finding it so hard to
get enough food to keep us alive,
while here 1 am given delicious food
without even having to lift a paw"
"Yes!" continued the mother, II
will keep you; you can help me look
after the baby" and she patted the
Dog on his shaggy head.
And the Dog deciding at once that
the prospect was most pleasing, gave
a short, sharp bark and laid his head
in the mothers lap.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-09-04
md helped him to dry clothing.

and helped him to dry clothing.
Refreshed and rested, Abistan was
charmed when his host got out lit
tie flute and played upon it the most
enhancing melodies,
II could stay here forever thought
Abistan- Never have been treated
so kindly before"
The next morning when he awoke
after most inyigorating sleep his
host told him that now he could de-
part, but was to take as much food
and fur as he could carry on his
back.
"Ill help you" said his new
friend, and lifting it easily carried 1t
and guided Abistan to the outskirts
of his home village, where he lefs
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-09-04
THE BUBBLE ELF

WV HERE does the bubble go
nv when it bursts?" Jimmy
said to himself mo one
can tel me and I'd love to know"
II can tell you" said a tiny voice.
Jimmy looked and could not SEQ
anything that could speak.
"Wbo are you, please?" he asked
why, the bubble, of course" said
the tiny voice. Because you can't
see me, that doesn't mean I'm not
here. I'm right in the air now, part
OF it."
Then / shall never see you
AGAIN." said Jimmy. II am sorry
you were so lovely. 1 wish bubbles
lasted long time"
well, I'll help you" said the bub-
Bile, "as you love us. We will come
to you in dreams. Whenever you
want to blow bubbles, make up your
mind to dream you are doing SO.
And you shall have perfectly
splendid dream bubble party. Good
by, Jimmy. Don't forget" And
piff!-the bubble burst.
Jimmy did not forget; he often had
bubble party dreams.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-09-04

When the demigod finally sent
him away he had transformed the
homely young man into a most come
ly one and endowed him with mag
ical powers like he itself possessed.
When Abistan reached his grand
mothers wigwam he found that his
two nights had been two years. His
grandmother did not recognize him.
but when convinced that he was
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-09-04

thought you were dead. You have
been away whole year"
Abistan merely said he had been
out hunting, and asked for help to
carry to his grandmother's wigwam
the ample stores he now owned.
He was now so rich with all these
goods that he decided to marry, so
his grandmother went to the chief,
who had several beautiful daughters,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-09-04
!. The Adventures of an Indian Brave =

him, saying as he babe him good-by:
'sAbistan. if ever you want to see
me, come to this spot and I will meet
you"
When Abistan reached the village
he was surprised at the reception
he met.
The people crowded around him
crying, Where have you been? We
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-09-04

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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-09-04

trees by the roots and rain that came
down in torrents, he was hopelessly
lost in the dense thicket.
He wandered about, wet, hungry
and exhausted and was about to give
up the effort to get back to his home
when he CHANGED to meet a man who
pittied poor Abistan's plight and took
him to his wigwam. gave him to eat
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-09-04
shouting the following verse:

SnOulng the following verse:
wolf! Wolf! with a brown ear,
Tell us what time you will dine
On one of the sheep gathered here!"
Then the wolf shouts out lone
o'clock three o'clock" or whatev-
er he chooses and the sheep holding
the ticket answering to the time
darts out of the ring and the wolf
after him. The wolf cannot call the
name twice. If the sheep can run
around the ring three times without
the wolf catching him, and regains
his place, he is safe and the wolf
sings out again the same verse he
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-09-04

~ NOE upon time there lived
in a large Indian village
a young man, who was so
very homely and awkward that he
was the laughing stock of all the
people.
He had no kin except his old
grandmother. All else belonging to
him were dead. He did his best,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-09-04
One-a-Minute Puzzle
Answers


Don't read the answers until you
have tried to solve the puzzles, and
don't give up until you have found
the answer or spent a minute on
each one.
/. New York New-Y-oar-K
2. Boston Be-aw-st-on
8. Philadelphia Fill-add-L-fe-a
4. Newark Newark
S. Atlanta Albanian
6. Schenectady Sche-Neck- Teddy
z. Detroit Det-Roy-T
8. Fort Worth Fort-were-T-H
8. Havana Ha-van-ah
10. Davenport Davenport
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-09-04

Do come to our alphabet T,
There viands DELICIOUS U'll C.!
Fat Thirds well roasted
And P-nuts fresh toasted,
All daintily served as can b!
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-09-04

however, trying to support this one
solitary being who was kind to him.
One day he went out with the 9TH
er men of the village to hunt, and
on the homeward way, while tagging
somewhat in the rear, he lost the
path, and when a terrific storm
came up, with wind that tore up
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-09-04

called out in the commencement of
the game. The sheep replying also
repeat the same verse they formerly
said. The wolf then guesses another
hour, and so the game goes on until
sheep is caught, and the wolf
trades with the sheep.
COURTESY PHILADELPHIA REcoRD)
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-08-21

Cancer, most insidious of diseases
and one that has defied medical sci
ence for generations is to be again
attacked, this time by DR. Lewis Fried.
man. with an X-ray of 100000 volts
DR.. Friedman Is a noted radiologist
and cancer specialist and holds forth
great hope for success in his new ex
periments He says that the rays
from his machine are Identical with
some radium rays, and by its use
hopes to make progress in the fight To
drive out the cancer scourge. SO far
he has obtained very favorable re
suits with the powerful ray, and has
that in far advanced case
which he had treated he had reduced
one dimension of an internal abdomi.
nal cancer three-quarters of an inch
using the extremely high voltage of
100000. Radium has been tried on
a number of patients and in many
cases fair degree of success attended
the efforts, but DR.. Friedman hopes
to accomplish even more with his new
machine.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-08-21

A classic is work which gives
pleasure to the minority which Is IN
tensely and permanently interested in
literature. II survives be-
cause it is source Of pleasure, and
because the passionate few can no
more neglect 1t than bee can neg
lect flower. The passionate few 90
not read ''the right things" because
they are right. That is to put the
cart before the horse. 1.-THE rlghi
things" are the right things solely be-
cause the passionate few like read
ing them. Hence-and / now arrive
at my point--the one primary essen
tial to literary taste is hot interest
In literature. If you have that. all the
rest will come. 1t matters nothing
that at present VOC fail TO find pleas
ure in certain classics. The driving
impulse of your interest will force you
to acquire experience, and experience
win teach you the means of pleasure
Arnold Bennett, in Literary Taste,
How to Form It."
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-08-21

The British air service in Mesopo
tamia has perfected a scheme for de
llvering written messages to planes
without the necessity Of their landing
and stopping to pick up the docu
ments.
A line is stretched between two
poles about feet high and perhaps
20 feet apart. To this line the mes
sage is tied. BY spreading large pieces
OF cloth on the ground In a prear-
ranged pattern the pilot of the air
craft is signaled that there is a mes
sage for him; the arrangement of the
cloth also indicates In what direction
he must fly to cross the line between
the poles at right angles. If more than
one plane is up. the cloth again tells
which plane is to receive the message.
The selected plane swoops low over
the poles, and the pilot bangles line
to the end Of which is attached a
hook. This engages the line to which
the message Is tied. and line, message
and all are dragged into the air. The
pilot reels in his catch as the plane
speeds away. If the message is to be
delivered the plane simply dives to the
point of delivery and drops the mes
sage.
The pilots have become very expert
at picking up and dropping messages
in this fashion.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-08-21
Order Co show Cause Why Order of
Sale of Real Estate Should
Not be Made.

In the probate court of Lewis eoun'
ty. state of Idaho, in the matter OF
the estate Of Herbert A. Chalker, de-
ceased
Edna L. Eckersley, the public adj
ninistratrix of the estate of Herbert
A. Chalker, deceased, having filed In
this court her petition duly verified,
praying for an order of sale of all Of
the real estate of said decedent for the
purposes therein set forth,
1t is therefore ordered that all per-
sons interested in the said estate of
said decedent, appear before this said
probate court on the 9Th day of Sep
TENDER, 1924, at the hour of 10 0 clock
a. M, of said day, at the courtroom
of said court at the courthouse in the
village of Nezperce, county of Lewis,
state of idaho, to show cause why an
order should not be granted to the
said public administrative to sell all
of the estate of the said deceased,
and that copy of this order be pub
ished at least four successive weeks
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-08-21
Have You This Habit
BY Margaret Morrison


lHWHAT Ben Blower has is always
W a little bit better than every
one else has" When people said that
they smiled.
Mr. Blower was spending the week
end In the country with club ac-
quaintance whose wife had heard Of
Mr.. Blower but had not met him. Her
husband introduced, that Saturday
night at dinner, a brisk little man in a
black coat that somehow suggested
the cut of robins tail feathers.
my husband says that you made a
very quick run up from town." Mr.
Blowers hostess began.
"Ah, well--my motah. you see," he
exploded with his own special pro-
nunciation of words ending in the let
ter ar"
You have a fast cara"
New York to Boston In FIVE
houdhs," said he.
Goodness I" she cried, that's fast
er than the express trains, Mr.. Blow
erT"
From that the conversation turned
to the Pilgrim tercentenary.
pilgrims ah, yes" started off Mr..
Blower again. "Can tell you all about
the Pilgrims direct descendant of
Miles Standish and Priscillah."
"But Priscilla married John Alden,
history tells u.s." she questioned,
hurrying to the rescue of the Puritan
maiden
'History doesn't know everything"
said Mr.. Blower haughtily. So 1t went.
He told his hostess that he had made
and spent sums equal to any fortune.
you never hear Of my income be ex-
planned, because spend II en par
pose to avoid the income tax" His
children were all of the genius type"
his clothes were made In England; his
friends were only of the best; and she
was made to feel that he refrained
from telling her his brand of cigar
cites and politics only because such
declaration on his part would be used
as advertising and campaign mate
rial
AS they parted for the night she
said YEARLY, II hope you rest we'll"
81 always rest WE'LL" said he.
And she dragged herself up to bed
that the blower habit might
be harmless and amusing for half an
hour in ones club; for a longer period
t became quite different matter.
HAVE YOU THIS HABIT?
90 by Metropolitan Newspaper service) Y
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-08-21
Many Theories as TO
the Creation of Woman

Woman's first appearance has been
q popular subject of legends The
Phoenecian myth Of creation is found
In the story Of Pygmalian and Gala
tea. There the first woman was
carved out of ivory by the first man,
and then endowed with life by Aphro.
dite. The Greek theory of the ere
alton of woman, according to Hesiod,
was that zeus. as cruel Jest. ordered
Vulcan to make woman out of clay,
and then induced the various gods and
goddesses to invest the clay doll with
all their worst qualities, the result
being a lovely thing, with witchery
of mien, refined craft, eager passion,
love of dress, treacherous manners
and shameless mind. The ScandIna-
VANS say that as Odin, VIII and We,
the three sons of Bor, were walking
along the sea beach. they found two
sticks of wood, one of ash and one of
elm. Sitting down, the gods shaped
man and woman out of these sticks.
whiting the woman from the elm and
calling her Ernia. One of the strangest
stories concerning the origin of wom-
an is told by the Madagascarenes In
so far as the creation of man goes, the
legend is not unlike that related by
Moses, only that the fall came before
Eve had arrived. After the man had
eaten the forbidden fruit he became
affected with a boil on the leg, out of
which, when 1t burst, came beauti
full girl. The mans first thought was
to throw her to the pigs; but he was
commanded by messenger from
heaven to let her play among the
grass and flowers until she was of
marriageable age, then to make her
his wife. He did so called her Ba-
boura, and she became the mother of
all races of men. The American In
dian myths relating to Adam and Eve
are numerous and entertaining. Some
traditions trace back our first parents !
to white and red maize; another is
that man, searching for a wife, was
given the daughter of the king of the
who, on being dipped into
the waters of neighboring lake, be-
came woman.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-08-21

Lewis County Fair at rszpsrce, Oct.
2-3-4.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-08-21

Many Nezperce Folks Have Felt That
Way.

Feel all out of sorts?
Tired, achy, blue, irritable?
Back lame and stiff?
1t may be the story of weak kid
neys! !
Of toxic poisons circulating abou
Upsetting blood and nerves.
There's way to feel right again
Help your weakened kidneys will
Doan's Pills-a stimulant diuretic.
Doan's are recommended by man,
people in this locality.
Mrs. E. A. Owen, TIT G Street
Lewiston, Idaho, says: "My kidney.
acted irregularly. At times too fre
quently and again they became slug.
gish. My back was lame and sore
1t sat for any length of time, / could
hardly get up. "A catch seized me In
my back. | couldn't rest well nightl
and mornings / had to be helped Out
OF bed. Dizzy spells came on sud
denly, too. Doan's Pills cured me O
the complaint. | have had no retur
of the trouble"
60c, at all dealers. Foster-M
Co., Mfrs, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-08-21

in The Nezperce Herald, newspans.
printed and Published in said COUNT
The real estate bereinbefore refar
red to is particularly described as fol.
lows, to-wit:
One acre In the south end of LET .
section IA, township IS north, of rance
2 e. B. NJ, lying between the Clear.
water River, and the ssNew Gnda,.
as located in the year 1919; situate n
Lewis comfy, Idaho,
(SeaD
Dated this 9th day of August, 1924
q. W. Niles,
ia Probate Judge.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-08-21
Canada Makes Much Paper

Production of newsprint paper IN
Canada during the month of February
amounted to Ill 1854 cons an increase
of 1000 tons over the previous month";
according to bulletin issued by the
Canadian Pulp Paper association. For
the two months ending February pro-
duction amounted to 221 $50 tons, COM
pared with 191 ,O28 tons in the CORE
spending period year ago.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-08-21

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since the
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will engag
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accompanie
Johnson.
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the prairie.
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the teacher
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to Nezperce
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farm home
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on Wednesd
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The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-08-21
IWOMANS DREAD or
ADVANCING YEARS
Pathetic, Sometimes, Are
Efforts to Conceal Age.

have yet to meet sincere woman
who will own to me that the prospect
Of old age has no terrors for her,
writes the Hon. Mrs. John Fortescue
In the London Mail. Some women
dread the inevitable loss Of beauty
and Its attendant power; others the
decrease of vitality and desire for en-
1oyment; while the unselfish woman
fears only to become burden upon
those she loves.
But the woman who tries with trans
parent artifice TO deceive herself and
the world as to her age Is to my mind
the most pitifui figure In the universe.
We have all seen her-the absurd
though pathetic doll woman who wears
in the summer youthful hats of lace
with cherries bobbing over one eye or
ear, and little, short, Sleeveless chemlse
frocks more suitable for her daughter
of nineteen. Often she will carry a
miniature parssol or be leading toy
Pomeranian dog with large, pale
blue ribbon bow on his collar.
BY her side occasionally walks her
youngest daughter, mlserably self
conscious, gawky child of twelve or
thirteen years, dressed to look as
though she were still In the nursery.
The poor child Is made the victim of
her mothers vanity In the hope of de-
luding the beholder into the belief
that both she and her mother are
younger than they are
J The effort of some mothers to APP
pear younger than they are is some
times due to quite Iaudable motive.
They think that by accompanying their
daughters around and joining actively
In the round of gayety and entertain
ments they will retain their Influence
over their children and share their
confidence. Personally, / think this is
a mistaken idea It is the loOker-0n,
not the player, who sees most of the
game and whose judgment is therefore
OF far greater value.
In the professional world, of course,
1t becomes absolutely necessary for
both men and women to appear as
young as they possibly cantor en-
gagements of all kinds are given in
preference to youth A curious and
pathetic fact illustrates this. The Inn
mediate result of the passing Of the
employers liability act was that the
supply Of cheap hair dye In England
ran out Until the insurance compa-
nies issued policies covering all risks
to employees no employer would en-
gage any but youthful applicants; and
therefore 1t became necessary for all
applicants to appear youthful.
But how beautiful 1t Is to watch
woman Of leisure growing old grace
'ulIy. Some there are whose spirit
8 so brave and Joyous, whose capac-
ty for entering into the happiness and
of those around them par
icularly of the younger generation
8 so great that they seem to capture
he youth as well as the love and con-
Idence Of the young people with whom
hey come In contact. And then what
natter white hairs, vague figure,
nd few wrinkles If the eyes are
right and laughing, the mind alert
nd the heart full of JOY, sympathy
md contentment.
II
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-08-21
An Honest Opinion,

A business man, on retiring, wrote
book which he sent to publisher.
The latter promptly returned 1t.
Considerably incensed. the author
sent his work to a friend in news
paper office, writing on a top corner
of the manuscript: "What do you
think / ought to get for this?'
The friend returned the manuscript
with the laconic reply written In the
opposite corner: give years.