Morning register., December 27, 1925, Image 14

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MORNING REGISTER, EUGENE, ORE., SUNDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1125
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RIDDLES! NOW THOSE BRAIN
. TEASERS ARE BACK AGAIN
TEARLY a year ago the editor had a riddlo department on this page.
A" Oh, but it was popularl Boys and girls sent in letters by the
hundreds offering new riddles for readers of the page to ponder
ever. The editor figured that the popularity of all things wanes, to
ho stopped the department. And
that ho fairly had to.hido under
besieged.
"We want more riddles!" was the cry. And it has echoed back and
forth until now there must be thousands and thousands of boys and
girls who want to exchange riddles through the medium of this page.
So here you arc a bunch of brand new riddles for you to burn th
midnight oil in trying to solve.
are publishing the answers at the Bottom or the column.
Lots of young people had their riddles published in the paper last
year. Maybe yours is good enough to publish! At any rate, you
can try.
Write your riddles out plainly, giving the answers to them "(for
maybe the editor can't solve them himself!) and send them to the
lliddle Editor, in care of this newspaper. If they are good enough, they
will be published, giving the name of their author.
Now who has some good riddles for other readers of the page to
olve ? 1
1. What's the difference between
an old maid ar.d a girl fond of a
red-haired Irishman ?
2. Why is a loaf of bresd on the
top of tho Eiffel Tower like a race
horse? 5. Why was "Uncle Toms
Cabin" not written by a human
hand?
4. Why have poultry no future
State of existence ?
6. What is the difference be
tween a man going upstairs and
one looking up?
6. Who killed the greatest num
ber of chickens?
7. Why is a field of grass like
a person older than yourself ?
ft. W:hich is the easier to spell
fiddle-de-dee or fiddle-de-dum ?
9. When is a silver cup most
likely to run? ,
10. Who are the most wicked
ceoDle in the world, and why ?
11. What are the most unsoci
able thinirs in the world ?
12. When mav a man be con
sidered to be really head and cars
in debt?
13. What kind of a robbery may
be said to be not dangerous ?
14. What is the difference be
tween 100 and 1000?
15. Why is the horse a curious
feeder?
16. When are two aDDles alike
17. What is the most warlike
nation ?
18. What is that which
lengthened by being cut at both
ends?
19. Which tree commands the
most respect from its fellows ?
20. What question is that to
which vou must answer "yes" ?
21. What is the hardest thing
to deal with?
22. What is that which Adam
never saw, never possessed, and yet
be gave two to each oi his cnu
dren?
23. Why should turtles be
sitied?
24. Why should a man always
wear a watch when he travels in a
desert?
25. Why is a spendthrift's purse
like a thunder-clotra 7
26. What is that which every
one wishes for and then tries to
get rid of?
27. Which travels at greater
speed, heat or cold 7
28. Why is the interior of
theatre a sad sirrht?
29. How can you make a tall
man short?
30. Why is it impossible for
person who lisps to believe in the
existence oi young laaies :
AJSSWEES TO KIDDLES
1. Onp 1ots a eat and parrot ,
ther a Pat and carrots.
2 TWa use it lm hich bread.
the
8. Because It was written by Harriet
B-ocher' toe (Stowe).
4. Beranw t hey hare their necki
twirled (next world) In thli.
6. One la itpppinK up tlie atalra and
the other aiariag up the ateps.
6. Hamlet ' uncle "did murder most
four.
7. Because It is past your age (pas
liir-n ?-.
a The former, because It Is spelled
triih more e .
0. When It la chased.
10. Pen makers: because they make
people ateel pena and tell them tnej
do write.
11. Milestone because you nerer see
iwo or mem logemer.
12. When he owes for his wig.
33. A safe robbery.
14 n fNnnehti.
In. Ttecnuse he eftta best when be
pnsn t a bit In his mouth.
1A. When Dared.
17. VucU-natloii because It is always
ti arms.
IN. A ditch. '
19.
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The elder.
What does y-e-S spe!l?
An old puck of cards.
Parents.
IWnimp theirs Is a hard case.
23.
24.
In it.
20
In or.
Became every watch has a spring
Because It is continually lighten
A irnrirl annetlle.
26.
27.
28.
ta.
at).
Hent, because you can catrh cold.
Itwautte ihe sents are all In tiers.
Itorrow Ave dollara of him.
Because with bliu every mlas la
s myth.
Seventy Men Work to
Make Single Needle
The next time you lose your
.' needle, stop and think that it took
seventy men to make this tiny
thing and that it went through
I twnty-two different processes be
fore it reached its marketable form.
The needles are first made twice as
long as the finished product and
' then bent double. Later they are
separated into two. Most of the
work Is in finishing and polishing
them.
The first needles used by any"
people were thorns and pointed
ticks and were merely to punch
holes without drawing a thread
after them. It must have taken
a really ingenious person to dis
sever the possibilities of a needle
eye and the great amount of labor
to be . saved in that manner.
, Needles of bone were used, also,
ind same of stone have been found
utoag relief of early civilizsUunj.
immediately there arose such a howl
the desk to save himself from being
And if you can not quite make it, we
Posers!
What do you know todny ? Any
one who can answer half of these
questions has a very Rood fund of
general knowled;rc; any one who
can answer six is even better; and
nny one who ran answer all of
them is a marvel.
1. TVhore is the Thames river?
2. Is steam lighter or heavier
than water?
3. Who is Walter Hagen?
4. What did St. Patrick do for
the Irish ?
5. What is a "grand slam"?
6. Who is the present Secretary
oi me iTeasury ;
7. Where is Fleet Street?
8. What is an armadillo?
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
1. The Thames flows southeast
through England.
2. Lighter.
3. Walter Hagen is National
Professional Golf Champion of
the United States.
4. It is said St. Patrick drove
the snakes out of Ireland.
5. "Grand slam" is a term used
in playing bridge, meaning that one
side has taken all the tricks.
6. Secretary Mellon.
7. In London, England.
8. A South American animal
having a shell back something like
a turtle.
LITTLE GIRLS
By Beatrice Washburn
My mother and
aunts have a
picture
When they were
little girls
They did not wear
bobs as we do;
Each child had
ribbons and
curls.
The First Thine to Learn
Do you play golf?" he asked of
the simple but gushing maiden.
uear me, no, she bashfully re
plied, "I don't believe I'd even
know how to hold the caddie."
Over-Ambitious
Lady (interviewing nrosDective
help) : "I may tell you that we are
vegetarians."
Girl (eager to be engaged): ' Ive
attended that church all my life,
mum!" -
Just 1ST Spite
Policeman (on shore): "I'm go
ing to arrest you when you come
out of there."
Man (in water): "Ha! hal I'm
not coming out. I'm committing
suicide."
ON' THIS PAG&
EVEQV W9EK
.MCkfGlHOU SCEMaClOUJCiTta
tPED MEHEQ CAMEGA MAM
BUGS,
A COMCAL KUSS
PUUL OF
SiDESPUTTIWQ AkVTlCS, AW0
The Story of the Fierce Monsters of Prehistoric Times
By RAMON COFFMAN
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QID you ever wonder why people
of oiden times used to believe
that giants had lived on earth?
There are several explanations.
One of these is the fact that great
pieces of upstanding stone some
times seem to have the form of
men when viewed from a distance.
In the mountains of Scandinavia.
there is one whole group of rocks
which look liko giant men if not
seen too closely. Perhaps the
Norse story-tellers looked at those
rocks from afar and imagined them
to be giants.
Probably tho best reason given
for this belief is that early men
thought that certain huge bones
had belonged to giant men. Until
a few centuries ago, people did not
know about mighty animals which
once roamed over the earth. It
was natural for them to suppose
that large bones which they dis
covered must have been left by
human beings of tremendous size.
Only SCO years ago, an American
clergyman wrote to a friend:
"ihe Bible says, There were
giants in those days , and this is
proved by the finding of a great
numan tooth, it weighs lour and
three-fourths pounds
The tooth of which the minister
spoke, as was later proved, had
really belonged to a mastodon. I
speak of the mistake because it was
just like that of many other per
sons who lived before scientists
learned about certain animals.
What were these animals ? How
do we know about them? Where
did they live?
Those are worth-while questions
and I shall try in this article to
tell the answers.
First let us think a moment
about the earth. It seems solid,
and indeed it is. Yet the surface
is constantly changing. Streams
carry dirt and mud from hillsides.
They join together and form rivers
which empty into lakes or oceans.
They often make largo deltas bv
dumping mud and sand at their
mouths.
On some parts of the earth's sur
face, the land is sinking. In other
places, the land is rising. These
movements are very alow, but they
will make a great deal of differ
ence a million years from now.
North America will not have the
same shape it has today. Africa,
South America and tho other con-
2tloE FAVJS
WHAT KIND OP FILUUUS
DO VOU UKE? COMEDIES?
OQAMASl TPAGEDIES?
WE W4JE OUST
COKJTGACTTED UJlTM
SUOU GCE4T S-TAQS
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Great Animals of Long
tincnts will have different sizes and
shapes.
Scientists have proved that the
continents have been changing in
shapo for many millions of y?ars.
Alaska was once joined to Asia.
Great Entuin was once joined to
Europe. Ocean waters, at one time
or another, have covered almost
every part of North America.
iivW do wo know all this ? How
can we tell, lor instance, that the
state of Kansas cr Maryland was
once below the sea? The facta
have been learned by earnest study.
Digging down in Maryland or Kan
sas, we come to layers of rock
which contain the bones and shells
of creatures of the ocean. We knaw
that these creatures could not have
lived in fresh water, so we must
decide that Kansas and Maryland
were ence under the sea. There are
other proofs, too.
If the continents havo been
changing down through the ages, it
is little wonder that animal lifo
"My
"My Tersinn kitten loves to sit
in front of the fireplace and blink
at the lire, hhe has lonir. si kv
hnir and-we call her 'Toodlcs'," says
Ellen Bradshaw of New York.
And she really is a nrcttj kitten.
isn't she?
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Miss Tmeuwa KITTY,
TWE BEiJTIUUl-,
BUT SLIGMTLV
DUA8 WEROIWE.
AMO
BUAClBiCO,
THE VAMP
SHE HAS HER
eve ow phiu
AMO
should also have chir.gcd. Tills has i
iiiiVix! butn the rase. Layers of
reck contain the remains of almost
countless aniimils which once lived,
hut which live no more. The deep
est layers contain the bonr of the
anir nls which lived longest ti",o.
The alligator nnd the lowly liz
ard, are descendents of a group i f
animals of very different chapes.
Muunlcd in public museums, we
can today sec tho skeletons of dino
saurs. That name means "terrible
liznrds".
Dinosaurs lived long before there
were any people rn earth. It is
believed th;:t the last members of
the tribe died at least -I.UUO.OIM)
years ago. We do not know e.uct
ly how they ll:cd the best we
can do is to (inure out their forms
from their skeletons.
Some dinosaurs reached a length
of ICO feet. If you pay a visit to
tho Carnegie museum in Pitts
burgh, you can see side by side
tho skeletons of two long dinosaurs.
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If you like your net onomrh to
put his picture in tho paper, write
and ten tho "My ret Ivditor, caro
of this paper, all about him. Then,
it no is unicrent from other pets,
his picturo will appear on this page
soon.
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SK1AKE THE VILLAlM
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They are not tho longest of those
discovered, but if uicy could cuino
buck to life, tm-y would certainly
itur'.lo us. Klthvr one might
stand on tho top eif a two-stury
house and (if he tli J not break in
the rool) put his head down to the
grass on uus uiu while his tail
hung to tho ground on tho other
side.
ihe dinosaurs of which I speak
hid very small heads, long necks,
thick heavy hudien, and tails which
nove-r seemed to end. In rock formed
from hardened mud, traces of the
tail which dragged in soft mud
have been found. Tracks of the
monster's feet have also been dis
covered in the mud rock.
The long dinosaurs appear not to
have fed on other animals. The
small size of their jaws and tho
shape of their teeth lead us to be
lieve that they ate only leaves,
twigs and plants. Each one prob
ably made away with n quarter of
a ton of such food in a da. If such
an animal were placed in a modern
ioo, I fancy that tho keeper would
want to resign.
Long dinosaurs are bolieved to
have spent mosf of their time in
swamps and near lake shares. Their
lengthy necks were a help to them
when they wanted to plunge their
heads -down into lako water and
bite off seaweed growing at tho
bottom. Those same long necks
enabled them to stretch up and
munch the leaves of trees.
Living at the same time as these
giant animals wcrn other hugo
beasts of very different shapes
Among these was Three Horns, of
which we shnll sneak next week.
Next Week: The story of Three
Horns", the watchful waiter of
four million years ago,
Answer to "Whnfa the Matter"
It is very rude to whisper in
church because most of the people
there am nnxloiis to hear the ser
nion. This littlo boy and girl
nro probably disturbing every one
around them.
Descriptive
First Nlggnh: "Hoy, you la so
thin you could clnso one cyo and
pass for a needle."
- Second Nlggnh: "Don't talk, big
boy, you is so thin yo' ma could
feed you on grnpejuico and us you
lor a tno mometer.
'HIU ST0OW6BCEP,
OOP. HAMOSOME
ME CO, UJMO OJILU
THEUAM WHEUEUER
MS GETS A CMAfOCe,
AMP
FOG TH&
F-tCST MOVJlE UEKT
WEeK THGIUS QALOBB.
amo that's; WOT
AUU-
A Pony
ror
Sale
lly Dorothy Dunning
"TJAYI" shouted Sammy Wilson,
"I've got leu dollars!" llo
shook his tin bank once more,
but It was light and empty. Tun
dollars exui'ily! llo was so tickled
he scarcely knew what to do, so he
Inid liin bunk on the table end
turned handspring all around the
room. This elono, he arranged his
savings In nral stark of dimes,
nlrkels, ipinrlers, halve ami pen
nies. Tliern was onn two dollar bill
there Ills undo Men had given him
on his visit, hut the ret waschutiga.
It looked like u humlicu.
"I know what I'm going to do
with it," ho said to himself. "I'm
going to buy me a Hinyl"
Mim knew exaruy wnai pony ne
wanted, too, and how to get it.
That afternoon ho had hi silver
changed into clean new bills and at
four o clock ha was standing In tho
front row of a crowd which had
gathered for an auction sale at
Milling's farmhiiuse. For a half
hour lie stood there wlillo the fur
niture was being sold; then came
the pony.
"Ion dollars!" crleei am In a
loud voire. This, he thought, would
linmfiliiiti'ly purchase) the price.
"icn dollars I rnlleil the auc
tioneer In a booming voice. "Ten
dollars! This anlinnl Is oanily worth
a hundred. Hid up, please, gehtlo-
men!"
Fifty!"
Sums blood frma with despair.
All was lust. Tun dollara waan t
anything.
rlfty-tlvo," called a siuyi iar-
mer.
"Sixty!"
Ham looked bitterly at the roll of
bills In hi hand. Ten dollara!
What was ten beside fifty-live
and alxty 7 He was plainly a disap
pointed little boy.
Hlxty stxiy aixiy win no ono
offi-r mo sixty-five?" The auction-
e-r a vniro was trailing oir to a
sale. "Sixty going going
"Soventy!" said a whllohalreel
old gentleman who was standing
beside ham.
(onol for seventy dollar to this
gentleman in tho front row I"
boomed tho auctioneer.
Snm turned to go but a hand on
his shoulder detained him. It was
the whilo-haired old gentleman.
"Do you know of a boy whom I
could get to keep my pony exorcised
mid teach my little boy lo rule
him?" he nnked. "A boy abaut
your age and one who loves horses."
r-am trembled with anxiety. "Will
I do, mister?" he asked in a faint
voice.
"Fine!" said the old gentleman.
Ram felt liko standing on his head,
ho was so happy. Then tho two be
gun planning and making arrange-
1 .. . L. - 1L,
and tho old gentleman was so kind
and Sam so eager that In ten min
utes they felt a if they had been
lifolong frlonda.
And, finest of all, that evening
tho new groom rodo the pony to
ma BtSDlC.
What's the Matter?
Answer will be found olsewhora
on this ingo,
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The Tinner .System
It was proposed to establish the
honor system In a largo peniten
tiary. Tho matter was put to the
prisoner thomsolvos,. It balng fig
urad that they would know better
than any ono else whether they
could play tho game honorably, 1)
was put to a voto.
"Hoy, Muloy." aalet one tough
citizen to another, "did yer vote
for the honor system?"
"You betchor lifo, kid, four
times."
No Danger of Burning
Seniors "What is cold , bollod
hnm?" 1
Froshi "Oh, that' ham boiled In
aald wstur. ian't Ul" ,.
Uy CECILLB LYON
Il' 1-llrlit nri ..! . l
and koo; how &
miw tivo Ktlll looks, with ill
Uio )iunontH Htrown nround itl
Jin. h nnd Suny'a gifts mai,
up a lony w,-( cmilli wh
Ih formed in Huh manner
The last Irtlrr of the first Want
a the lr.t l-lt.-r of ih. ,Kni fS
- .. ... . , iiiu att.iiiq WOra U
tho flral letter of the third Slid u
on. the last letter of tho ,t wo2
being tha llrst letter of ih tM.
The gifts are: a vehicle for inow
a littlo girl's favorite, toy, t
tor Susy to wear around her !
a toy with track, for Hilly, , block
of paper fur school and sums u,nii
to fly. Tho answers are st iK
bottom of tho page but don't
peek I
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STEP.WORD
PUZZLE
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Heat! Fire! Burn! This ll mhi
happen lo anything if a match i
put to it, Isn't II? It should tils
you no longer to work out the rut
of thuae words than It docs for tie
to burn, ao hurryl ltemember tost
with each step ono letter of the
old word la changed, and at
word I formed. This is deflnsd
below and bears Ihe same number
a the blanks In tha puitlo. Gooi
lurk!
DEFINITIONS
2. A part of the body.
11. A group (usually cattle),
4. At till plnco.
6. To employ. ,
0. FIRE.
7. Transportation fee.
B. Kmpty.
0. liomo for domestic animal
A PICTURE PUZZLE
GUCS4 THESE FOUR OlFft
JOHNNY 0OT FOR
CHRISTMAS
Gueas thin word snusre. Tk
second word Is a loafor and to
last Is on appointed meeting:
night
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In this sentence are two word
with liko pronunciation, but wl
dlfforont pelllng nd mnun)
Easy as anything!
The president tear delating uihtkt
to a man with w
tien or not."
8
Hehesd a word meaning t ;
overexert and got a means el
transportation; behead (
and get a weather condition,
What Is It? t
ANSWERS TO PUZZLES
1. Slecl-doll-lockst-trala-aotteooll
t. The worils In the slep-wvil
lie arsi heal, henil, herd, her airs, srs,
fare, bare, bnrn, burn. ... ,
I. Johnny's riirlstmns self s r
bnt, tie, n bicycle and clock.
4. The word square la nlfht, MH
lory, herbs, trral,
0. )llr, hlgUM.
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