Morning recister. eugene, ore., Sunday, December e, 192s
SEVEN
HP Homing kmt
THE SACRED RUBY OF THE IKKANS
By jnvn viimjii
Author of "The Head Hunters of San Bins," Etc.
I ...,. nn,l Jlminlo Ilry.,,11, buys rmirliwii. with iin. Ii.ii.ti fmiirr
gb linn'01" ' in.nril I ho arlimiuar-ynrlil Nnnry, lliin f,,, r ,
.i''','"' Klihl'rll..- Isl.nild. uiirii II1.1 lr...,Kl...l. f n . ,
''Ilmj" .!) I'X J liillutH. 'i'lin l,,,y IliHlII m.. .r. l, fr l.lrnl. Jill 1
Sill .Hr.-II..M Klvwi In ""'..I' m,.r II,,., , .,, ,,
WVi ilrih IT"' liow KlrkUrWo bail aiuU i. ,,, ,,
au H Wlmover (llwnnv I liu rnliy will m riil.'r ,.r
rL"i,.i ,M ni"1- u'1' mi '"i "...
Lw-
KSIALLMKrti- iv.
... ... ..i n mumont lor
W". L":... Inliltanaom
JZ wrih -round Kirk
H"; 'ihnt ilono. thov
E'Jk to iiiwy IJ. It w n
box, bound In briias ami
E ornately In ftylo
H,L end wcro grout brass
Ld.md there wan a rusty pud.
r"."SLi . I ft IL but It
pul hit strength to ralao ono
iu'i take It Into tho house,"
I , t.l 1'Thi.n wu n
I to pry 011 mo .
htf wiP"1 the '"ft off tho cJiphI
L.. I.lln,r tho ntll'Mtrlll of hilt
Ll ihouldom, managed to holnt
1ct of the ptl. rroin morn uiey
,nal It to tho houno and enr
oll luldfc ,. ...
ffjt box vu old and tho nails
titt the hinges In ploro had
With tho alii of a pick and
b'ibind-M, it C'y mat-
I to pry off tho lid.
hiw.it trembling wllh cxclta-
LTiIk ftiirnvercrN looked f nitlila.
Ln win thrco objects In tho
ht; 1 imall WncK tox nntl two
kirn bag. It took hut a ctir
Iiuiminillon to Intro that the
L AIM with mild. Iloli
fcttat with joy, nnd danced a Jig
lad the room. I'irulo gold,
I mtd at tho top of his voice,
Li. ur
pnale wai laurelling, too, nml :
'JUIE bclltf. of thin Indian tribe
n,u ,,iiu. mo rimy, lountl
porhnpn In aomo wrirk of a .Simn
lall Kalinin, hud for crnlurit- Loi-n
tho roul InnlKiiln of tho iriho. Ilo
who worn it rvmnlind ruli-r of tho
tribe, It fiilllnn m hiit tliath to hin
noxt of kin, or to liny othor mt
non to whom ho should kvo It dur
Ing hla lifetime.
Yot olTorU wt'ro never mado to
cctiro tho Ki'in by atoiilth or by
force Anionic thciio ,iimltivo wo
,lo tho ruby win kuiioi. to huvo
miiTcd iroin-rlii.i which would pro.
toct itt wvarer from nil dmmor.
It would hovo bfin thn helitht of
micrlli'ito fur any native to attempt
to lu-ijuiio it.
Thitit ll rcmiilned for llio plrnto
Kirkbridv to nli ul the (!l.m, ...,rn.
In tho ittiicrntilion of the Indians,
hu mndu no attempt to hide, It, hut
maintained Unit tho ruby hail cume
"v n,u 1 ui'j iiiui cuinc
to him of Its own accord, by mime
mntrjcnl power. Thus he wan rcc
nriilfd ai the ruler of thn tribe.
V,., u,k.M ! .11... I I.. ..t ,
n..... ,.w 11, Li, hu ii-ii. ihi neira
behind him, nur tool, I the ruby he
found. Thud tho triho atniKcIed
aloii(f without n ruler, until thin
ilny, when two boys, Mown to the
inland by a hurrirnnf, had chanced
to discover it.
Tho Indian, In I1I.1 broken Vmk
Huh, told tbem nil thla, an they nut
on tho floor of Klrkhridc'a house.
Hetwcen them nils the treaauro
choiil.nnd beside each of tho two
boy Win n henvy lmi of Rold.
They hail found 11 letter in the
rlinal tvrill.m (,. ll.n bh.ha
imie wai laucninit, mo, nnu ; , ' , "
1: 1 l ....-, 1..... I thnt hnd L'iven tliem (lit. ,1 rM nm
p Uf PHI Ul ,l llll inn l. HI, Hi. T r . , .
7i til back n In nlmo.t b,rl 1 '"r diKKin.
1 other otr. Wc ro rlca, Lot), I I o whoever fnnll nnd this . . .
ikculti I (the letter read):
V1 tw Woro maVinR o much
IM were ao intent on their
"Wythnt they failed to notlco
'ram of two men frnmed In
11 wn" thclr "hout-
il T ""ractcd tho otton
tte Indians who hud passed
the clearlmt, aearchlng
' wn, earlier in tho morning,
'btivei had not gono down the
uthe boys had first thourrht,
"Witoppcd on a little knoll to
" way a fow nour(tt Tiiero
, i" t,(,lm I" their oyo
7vanl Into tho room, tho
I ! n'J l.hclr objoctivo. ilm-
Bob had a .nkn(t cn.
" oxubernnco of ilndlne
''urf hod passed, now that
mu TKor ot loslnB 't, and
"W that left them dejected
L. J 1?lokt'd Klun,,y Bt hi
T"J tho natives ndvnnccd
.l'""1' roachlnir ovor,
rtd. thnt wt're hcavy
W'it1!"!ir,attontlon nr
ry L'hoJfl,rat Indian. Tho
Kh.fr2cd,t,,c 1,tll '''nek box.
Ct i. zcd frow tho chest
)iMttly tho boys
r P tho baft of gold.
C.W0 " firmt high
iA8 tonKuo wnlch
Wtti;C'"imod 1,10 attention
SJhioat a, though ho were
ifiihaJl,lloni Kestlculntlng
lta?. 1 ,nck ho draw
l 5d "'l ROM chain.
, 2?Jr?.wdl closer for a
("tied
yte1' "Pon tho now-
C"1 0 threatening
""Hon Hoi; ,, ",ln lna iiieKor
H. ' "Wt that flnnhn
to111
'tis.
tJ'olto, 1 5 f commnd
Chlm'Tf"d b0W
r..N that. im An"ther eom-
ltf S' loft th6 8UBt
CTFT k I K'l W AS 9 KC )R a A I TT
r
You can use these designs for many purpos
es. The cover of a fartey box a pad for a
desk blotter a book cover. These are sug
gestions for some of the things you can make.
Christmas gifts are a real problem for many
boy3 arid giila 'A-!:o have not too much spending
money, but these designs will help solve it.
Wltnt nrn vnii irninir to fflvfi Iho
f .ilk for Christmas V Chances aro
you Jinvcn't a very full purso at
liiiH time nf vear. and if vou fro to
a store to buy c'tts, you won't got
very much.
How much nicer it would be to
make your own Christmas Rifts!
And the family will appreciate
something you made yourself much
morn tn:,n tliev would something
you had bought in a store.
A !mv, u'a Itnvn vi.nrniltired ftomc
sketches of original designs which
have been mnilc especially lor rend
ers of tho Hoys' and (lirls' Pago.
Thcjo aro unicuio and attractive
designs, nnd Iho best part about it
is that they can bo used for any
number or purposes tor a uoy
tnr iininlintF n fnnev hoy or makinir
a desk pad; for n girl for cmbroid-
IITUA In, t.n(r nf rolfl anil this
lllunv v M ui... r --
blood-red ruby constituto all my
worldly wealth.
i.... i.. i.i nn,l foohln. mv men
havo doserlcd mo, taking with them
my sturdy ship ana mo treasures
hod amassed. ,
"Tho gtild is but a triflo In com
pnrison with thnt which onco lny
miy in my sioreooune.
is iho sncrcil insignia of tho Indian
trlbo of Ikkn. wnosocver ....
find this ruby, and shall wear it,
shall be recognized as ruler of all
the Ikkans.
"Lot tho fates nlay onr
"JOHN KIUKnitlDK",
breathed. " 'iJot tho fates play on.'
t 1 i 1.- Mnniu,.,l timt how the
1 wonuer 11 no ,l'IMU - v . .. .
fntes wore going to play with this
trensuro ho lott uennm ohm.
11.1- I. t,.f n amnl nmOtint!
yot It's moro money than I ccr
saw beforo in my 1110. -
i,:. l,n an d. nddressing
tho Indinn. "All had to you!
Doth boys snlnnmeil in uuneniiui:
fnshlon nnd 'tho Indian, grinning,
pnlted them on tho back.
"Let s get nncK 10 um m m' -t
,1 "1.1 nt. i'TIiov Inuirhed
nt rry, sum ,n
. ' ..1 . alnln1 nor. to dig
Rl US Wlie.ll 1 "'" t 1 I. Il.-
for hurled trensuro. I bet tlie
won't laugh now."
THE schooner yacht Nancy had
JL ..In her rennirs moro quickly
man sno cxpccieu. ,
lMtr-,11 -..I,. 1. nnlliM fonllTht. Sir,
said Mr. Ogilovy, tho first officer
two oven ngs Inter 10 u.
and tho boys, sitting in the forward
-i.i OT,- Hn,tir wnnl. icr WO 111
hnvlng and wo'll reach Colon within
flvo'dnys." , .,
nr. dm Vnnev sh n-shnpo now
Mr. Ilryson inquired.
"Sho la tnnt," sinu
.. . . 1 ... ...... hltnoA ILS
"."".'"J.."""1 .I..; Tirlennes."
a nnn iiiiiiK "
"A hnd thingY" cxcii iii eu
i,.im... m it knrln'l been for
mio. wny, 11. I- - . . .,..
thnt hurrlenno wo novcr would havo
como to Kirkbridcs isie.
"And wo never would havo found
-1 111, l.vntfrt in MOD.
ttio trensuro cnesw Un
Hoth men Inughed. "Spenkjng
of the trensuro," lara air,
.... ... n 1..1....I nn nnn ne-
cording to Hie prosoiit gold utand
wi neh of vou boys U worth about
ivvn " eni.t .limmio. "Unh and I
have been talking it over and wc
figure out that wc ro not entitled to
all of it. Jf wc each put lip ?20,000
that will mako a pool of $-10,000,
and that ought to be split up
nmong the members of tho crew
for the work they did in saving us
from the storm." '
"That's a flno spirit, said air.
n-.. ...... "nnA I'm irninir to tnko VOU
.... It My Dirilnw. Will VOU fiH-
u), im. iv. .... F. w . .
tiro out the members of tho crew
nnd how much should go to each 01
them?"
"I will thnt." snid Mr. Ogilovy,
"nnd it's mighty fine of tho boys
to think of It."
That night tho Nancy slowly
.nii.n.i nnrhnr. On the deck stood
the whole crew, with .limmio and
Hob well to tho fore. And DacK on
i....n n linn hnnfiro hnd been
lighted nnd nro.und it stood hun
dreds of natives, waving to their
Into guests. And in the center of
,i.A Vw flm flirkorimr ncht of
the lire, they could sco tho now
ruler of the trina, too spnrniinK
gem of tho Ikkans glistening
nround his neck.
THE END.
ery tranr.fcra, or tho making of
book covers.
Any girl knows how to mako em
broidery transfers from these de
signs. Simply lay a piece of car
bon paper over tho goods to bo em
broidered, lay tho primed design
over that, and trace with a sharp
pencil. Then embroider in your de
signs in various colored silks.
For the making cf fascy boxes,
blotter pads nnd book covers, the
method is just as simple. The ma
terials can .be purchased at small
cost at the five und ten cent store.
A small can each of paints in black,
white, blue, red and yellow ochre
colors will give you all tho mixed
colors you will desire. A couple
of small brushes and a little tur
pentine will complete your painting
outfit.
For blotter pads, procuro a stiff
piece of cardboard and a piece of
blotting paper the same size. They
are to be held together with deco
rated corners, which can be made
of cardboard also, or, if. you want
to take great pains with this gift,
make them of tin, painted over in
colors to suit your eye with tho de
signs as shown in Figure F.
To make fancy boxes, secure
plain boxes of tin or wood. They
can be painted to suit the personal
taste, but black or red ones lend
themselves most readily to decora
tion. Hright, clean colors aro most
effective, especially on black boxes,
fey mixing the blue and yellow; you
will have green; the red and yellow
will mako orange, or the red and
hlno will mako purple.
Trace the corner to be used with
a soft pencil. Turn the tracing
face down on the article and care
fully draw over every line, pressing
down hard. When tracing is lifted,
the design will be transferred,
ready to color. lIf tho article is
dark colored, whito transfer naDer
can be used.
For book covers, stiff paper,
cardboard, or cardboard covered
with Sanitas. can be used. The
Snnitas covered ones are especially
adapted to scrap books and recipe
books.
Use your own ingenuity, and you
can get many novel effects with
there designs. There is no end to
tho uses to which you can put
them.
THE SAME DIFFICULTY
An 010 iniiy WHS UUIUB
over tho battleship by an officer.
"This," he snid. "is where our gal
lant enptnin fell."
"No wonder," replied tho old
Indv. "I nonrly slipped thero my
self."
HUT OUIt TUB LEAKS
iri. "la thl tho weather
bureau ? How about a shower to-
"'I'iophet: "Don't ask mo. . If
you need ono, tako it."
iiriinrn mm fifteen cents to the
dogs," ho said, when he paid for
tho shine.
r. r
. IS THERE ROOM FOR GIRLS? . -
There was it time wjien girls were hot given credit for hav
ing any brains, fhey were taught to sew and to cook and td
keep a cleanly house and there their education stopped.'
Tt iu HiiToronf nnw. A Hrl hns lust ns much onriortunitv as
a boy has. Some of the biggest jobs Jh this country are held
capably, too by women. We have ccngresswomch and fem
inine governors. . .
A girl today can make anything she wishes of hcrse'f. If
she uses what is commonly called the "feminine prerogative",
she won't get very far.
She has a brain. It is up to her to. use it.
ociicolYelLiS
U'hr.l dn yo:t iii'lit
What do you (hwk!
Il'c come from thii school of i,'ini-
witc and sbtrt
ll'c don't yrjc a rip,
Il'c don't give a ro,,
Come to Il'vniif High and y:t 0:1
n'.afl ;
Ice crccm, tod: ics!;r,
Chigcr ale,- lof!
Noblcsvillc High School
, Always on topi
Noblcsvillc High School,
Noblcsvillc, Indiana.
Cannibal, cannibal,
Sis, boom, bah I
Jesuits, Jcsuitsl
Rah, rah, rahl .
S-s-s-s-s-i-s
Boom I
Kayl (Scream) ',
Northern, Yea!
Northern Township High School.
Chute the chutes.
Loop the loop
(Opponent's name) high school's
In the soup!
Kcwanec High School.
Twinkle twinkle,
ll'innic Winkle,
lay team,
Raw tomato,
Hot potato;
Yea, team I
Caithagb High School.
WELL, THEN, WE WONT HAVE
ANY
Mary: "Why are you so opposed
to War?"
Ann: "Because, war makes his
tory and I havo moro than I can
learn now."
Step-Word Pizzzle
BV CECII.I.E LTOX
WhatisaLAMP-for? To READ
by, of course I And the way one can
do this is to guess all the words
concealed in these nice even steps
separating the two. Really, it's
very easy. Tho toD word is, as you
see, "lamp". Sten, Number Two is
aoltnea below as "limping; noD
bling" and is spelled Very nearly
liko "lamp" in fact, only one let
ter of tho word is changed. Can
yon guess it? Then, Step Number
Three is Number Two with one
letter changed, and of course you
can guess that easily by applying
the clue civen in tho definition be
low. Proceed with the rest of the
steps, changing one letter of Each
hew word to attain the next. Step
on it!
M
Definitions
2. Limning; hobbllutf.
3.. A imuernl.
4. An orderly flic
fi. Closely woven.
6. In flames. '
7. To employ.
8. At this place.
0. A croup of nnlmnls.
10. A part of tho body.
Look for the correct answers else-
where on this pnge.
MR. MONK'S NEW ADVENTURES IN JUNGLEPOOL1
l?' '
Two giraffes (who looltrrl li'.-.d scaffolding poles with the
monsles) called at tUo L,.tUour. Jixcnange ana BSKea ivir.
Monk if he could pet. them nn engagement at the Juhgle
"f!J tn toko the narts of 'The Babes in the Wood"
in the Pantomime, but Mr. Monk told them they, were too
amhitiOufenQttOfiPHlBmv,.' . . , . "
So, to prevent the giraffes' having to draw the unemploy
ment pay, he got them work helping a bill-sticker who was
employed by w election agent. As the bill-sticker said:
'"They know a good candidate as well as anybody, and they
Pictures
In
Olden Caves
By RAMON COFFMAN
pEOFLE of the Stone .Age did
not know how to write, but
some of them knew how to draw
pictures. On the walls of caves in
southern France and northern
Spain, hundreds of pictures of
animals have been found. Some
times the pictures were made on
low ceilings. These pictures, it has
been proved, were made more than
twenty thousand years ago.
One of the proofs is the finding
of pictures of the mammoth. This
hairy beast became extinct in
southern Europe hundreds of cen
turies ago. It looked very much
like an elephant, but had two coats
of hair one long and one short.
The finding of two mammoths, one
completely preserved, in Siberia,
has made it possible for scientists
to tell what mammoths were like.
Their skin was an inch thick
about twice as thick as an ele
phant's hide. Some of them had
tusks as much as eleven feet in
length. The mammoths found in
Siberia (fell frozen in the snow,
and the coldness of their northern
graves acted like a refrigerator.
Tho mammoths which lived in
southern Europe have left some of
their bones, but none of their flesh.
They must have been objects of
great interest to the people of
the Stohe Age. We can giiess that
from the nuiiber of pictures of
the beast left by cave artists.
Paints were used - during the
Stone Age especially black and
red. Stone "saucers" in which the
paints were mixed, have been found
in or near caves; We also have
tho remains of paint tubes. One
way that paint was made was by
mixing colored earth vith oil from
ah'ihial fat.
pictures bf bison were even more
commonly made than those of
mammoths. Scores of bison can
be seen today if you visit a cave
in northern Spain and look at tho
walls and ceiling, with the aid of a
flashlight or lantern. Stone Age
artists are believed to have used
torches and rude, stone lamps to
give them light when they painted
Some distance from the mouth of
a cave. Pieces of flat stone, slight
ly hollowed out, have been found
at places where cave tribes made
their homes. The traces of burnt
fat in the hollows lead to the belief
that the flat stones served as
lamps.
Besides bison and mammoths, tho
cavo artists made sketches of birds,
deer and wild horse3. Most of the
pictures are poor, bpt some show
life and action. Pictures were
sometimes cut into cave walls, in
stead) of being painted. Knives
made from stone or bone were used
for such art-work;
Next week we shall take un the
change of homes by Stone Age
people.
My Dog Does-
Here is "Frecklers" listening over
the telephone to his mistress, Mar
jorie Pritchett of Nashville, Tenn.
"Every Saturday is Frecklers"
bath day" says hlarjoric in her tel
ler. "She runs down the street so
she won't have to take a bath. When
we call them up to send her 'home,
tve ask my cousins to put Frecklerj
car to the receiver. Jhe moment she
hears my voice, she fumps but of my
cousin's hp and runs straight home.'
Just Four Major
Races of Mankind
Among the peoples of the world
there are only four main races: the
negroes or blacks, mongols or yel
low, red or brown peoples, and
Caucasians or whites. These dis
tinctions were evident as long ago
as 6,000 years, although all woro
probably tho same type of man ori
ginally. Besides their difference in
olor, there were several other ways
of distinguishing these four races
from each other. Skull measure
ments, projection of jaw, types of
toeth and hair are some of them.
No answer from student.
Teacher: "I said a definition,
not nn illustration."
FEET?
Numbnoodlo: "What makes your
feet so wet?"
Numbernoodle: "I've been wear
ing pumps."
Milly; "Bring me a ham sand
wich." Billyi "With pleasure."
Milly! "No, with mustard."
vAnswcrs to Step-Word Purile
2. In me.
3. llmo
4. line.
0. lino
d fire.
7. hlro v
8. here.
THE DARK
By Beatrice Washburn
The darkness fit3
me like a wing,
It spreads around
my bed,
Covers my feet and
then my legs
And settles on my
head.
They Didn't Wear
Hats, Long Agq
Nowadays the average person
puts on a hat whenever he goef
outside, even Baring the Bumrnei
months when a hat seems a foolish
and unnecessary addition. But in
England, before the conquest of tM
Normans, no one wore a hat.
About the middle bf the twelfth:
century, they wore "hats of beavr .
or," and two hundred years later,
hats with feathery plumes were 1
the fashion. During these years,
and for some time after this, a hat
was regarded as a mark of distinc
tion and rank. It seems that all
Bhanes and sizes of hats were worn,
too, instead of a standard style for
a certain period. A man named
Stubbs, who wrote in the sixteenth
century, tells us this about hats':
"Sometimes they use them sharp
on the crown pearking up like th
spire or shaft of a steeple, stand
ing a quarter of a yard above tha
crowne of theire heads; some more,
some lesse, as please the fantasies
of their inconstant mindes. Oth- :
ersome be flat, and broade on the '
crowne, like the battlements of a
house. Another sorte have roundel
crownes, sometimes with one kind
of bande, sometimes with another;
now black, now white, now russed, '
now redde, how grene, now yellow;
now this, now that; never content
with one colour or fashion two
daies to an end.".
Evidently Mr. Stubbs did not ap
prove - of the beaus who took sit
much time and trouble with their
headgear. .' ' '
THEN PERHAPS NOT "
T: . HT hunt thnfc vctttr T1EVW
salesman Is a bear for work.'!
Second: "Well, yo migm say
he is partly so; but I understand
that a bear oniy sleeps u,.i,
TOO BAD!
He: "How are you?" ' .
Mo: "Rotten. Got insomnia"
He: !'How come?"
Me: "Woke un twice in geome-.
try class this morning." , -
THE WORST YET
C1.A. HT n.nn A .iv f vm, remem
ber me? Twenty years ago, you
asked me to marry you." ,: '
Absent-minaca rroi.: an yea,
and did I?" .
i 0. herd.
THE f UN BOX
BRILLIANT
Mike: "Well. I answered a aueg.
tion in class today." . ' ' . . '
Ike: "What answer you
give?"
jniKe: . rreseni.
BUT WE NEVER HAVE AN
Marv: ,. "Why. it's only sit
o'clock. I told you to come afteig
supper."
Bill: "That's What I camo
after." . ' T
NOW THE NAME AGAIN,
PLEASE
Russian Clergyman fat bnntlsm
of baby) : "His namo, please.
Fond Parent: "Solomon Ruba-
nisacolomonavishamlndenoffenberg-
oaumensteinowitzKalinsky."
Clergyman: (to assistant) "Mora
water, please."
PLEASE
Absent-minded Clerk; "Wn
there something for you, madam?!?
niaaam: -no, nothing."
The Dumb One: "Shall I wnn
it?"
THE BEST IN THE CLASS ;
Intnrnntpd Nfllcrhhn,., "Vnn lAdM .
a bright little boy. I suppose yot
have a very good place in yooi
class?" , 7
I.lttlo Ttnv! "Dli co. T alt
by the stove." '
OF COURSE
"What kind of noise annoys aa
oyster?"
"Why, a noisy noise annoy aa
oyittr," . -
ii.'l't
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