The Maupin times., May 14, 1915, Image 5

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DID THE IDOL SAVE TOMMY?
Tommie's Uncle Jim bad been a
tea captain, and had brought home
many curious things. When Tommie
went to visit his grandmother he al
ways looked at them with great Inter
est. In the old-fashioned parlor there
was a high mantel, and on it were
queer-looking shells and a whale's
tooth. Tommie often thought he would
not want a whale to bite him.
What interested Tommie most, how
ever, was a queer-looking Chinese Idol,
With pudgy looking eyes and distorted
features. Tommie used to look at it
and wonder if the people where it
came from looked like that.
On either Bide of the fireplace were
long, narrow doors, and Tommie bad
longed to see the inside, but he never
did. Once when he was alone in the
parlor he tried to open one of the
doors, but he could not. He wondered
If it led in back of the chimney or
whether it might not be a secret stair
way. There was a haircloth sofa on the
opposite side of the room, and some
times when the minister called, Tom
mie went in the parlor with his grand
mother and sat upon it. Then he
would look at the idol, and sometimes
.It looked to Tommie as though it
winked at him, and once Tommie
'laughed out, for he was sure the idol
made a face at the minister.
Then there were portraits of his
great-grandfather and great-grandmother,
and when he went in the par
lor alone their eyes followed him
about as though they were watching
to see he did not get into mischief.
One warm afternoon he was wan
dering about the house, and opened
the parlor door.
It seemed so nice and cool, he went
In. He walked around the room, and
when he came in front of the mantel
he looked at his funny friend and
laughed. Then Tommie tried one of
the little doors again, but he could
not open it. He saw an album and
took it to the sofa and opened it.
How funny the pictures looked! There
was one that looked like his father,
but he was sure his father never wore
, such queer-looking clothes.
Tommie crawled up in the corner of
the sofa and looked across at the
idol. He seemed to be grinning and
winking at him. He did move, Tom
mie was sure he did. Tea, he was
standing up and beckoning to Tom
mie. Tommie went over to the man
tel. "Take me down," said the idol.
"I daren't," said Tommie. "Grand
mother told me not to handle things
on the mantel."
"Well, I'll climb down, then, only
you are so much larger than I am
you could save me a lot of trouble."
"If you are coming down, anyway,"
eald Tommie, "I'll help you." So he
etood up in a chair and took him
down.
"My, but you are small!" said Tom
mie, looking down at him.
"Once I was big," said the idol, "but
an old witch changed me into this
little shape. Do you want to see what
Is on the other side of these doors?"
ie asked.
"Yes," answered Tommie, "but they
are locked."
"Oh, I can open them," said the
Idol. "You hold me up to the key
hole." Tommie did as he told him, and the
Idol tapped on one of the doors, and
it opened. It was very dark inside,
but the idol told Tommie to place him
on his shoulder and walk along. They
came to a flight of steps, which
seemed to go under the ground, and
Tommie stopped.
"Go on," said the idol; "you have
not entered the cave yet." So Tom
mie did as he told him. At the bot
tom of the steps he stopped again,
for he could see In the distance a
number of men sitting around a table,
but the idol urged him on. As they
came nearer to the men, Tommie saw
they were looking at Jewels and
seemed to be counting money, and
they all had pistols and knives in
their belts.
Tommie became so Interested In
what he saw on the table that he
quite forgot to be afraid, and soon he
was standing beside them. They all
Jumped up and pointed their pistols
at him.
"Who are you and what do you
want?' they demanded.
Tommie was so frightened he could
not tell them, and looked around to
the idol for help, but to his surprise
the idol was not there.
"Where did you come from?" asked
a very large man, who seemed to be
the leader. Tommie told him his
grandmother lived in the house which
was over them, and that he walked
down from there.
"Please do not shoot me," he said;
"the idol told me to come or I should
not have intruded."
"Who is the idol?" asked the man.
They all laughed when Tommie told
them and said they did not believe
bis story.
"What shall we do with Mm?" said
one.
"Oh, we shall make a robber of
him," said another, and then Tommie
knew he was In a cave of robbers.
"We will have to stretch out his
hair to make It as long as ours," said
one robber.
"You get the pullers," he told an
other, "and then we will paint him and
pull out his front teeth."
"Tommie" felt his hair rise, and
when he saw the man return with the
pullers he turned and ran. The men
ran after him, but when they reached
the steps one of them stumbled, and
the others fell over him, and Tommie
reached the door and closed it.
He went over and sat on the sofa to
get his breath, and there on the man
tel sat the idol. Tommie was just
about to ask him why he ran away
and left him to face the robbers alone,
when the door opened, and his grand
father looked in.
"Oh, here you are," he said. "Your
grandmother and I have been looking
tor you. It Is supper time."
"Where did you find him?" his
grandmother asked, when they were
seated at the table.
Tommie told her he had been in the
parlor.
"You did not touch anything, did
you?" she asked.
"I was looking at the pictures In the
album," Tommie replied.
"I am always afraid he will get up
to that mantel," she said to his grand
father. "He cannot take his eyes off
that Chinese idol, when he is in there.
I would throw it away, If Jim had not
brought it home. It looks so evil,
but Jim said It kept away bad luck."
And Tommie wondered whether the
idol saved him from the robbers or
whether he had been asleep and
dreamed It all.
AERIAL CYCLING IS LATEST
Riders on Novel Merry-Go-Round
Pedal to Turn Propellers Which
Supply Needed Motive Power.
A novel form of merry-go-round has
been devised by an Illinois man. A
central mast has a sweep arm swivel
ly mounted on the top. Suspended
from the ends of this arm, on long
rods, are bicycle frames, with all the
characteristics of a bicycle, except
the wheels. In place of wheels a pro
peller is mounted behind the seat,
and it Is this propeller that is op
erated by driving the pedals. To use
this apparatus two children take seats
Novel Merry-Go-Round.
on the frames and pedal as if they
were riding a bicycle. ThiB sets the
propellers in motion and the merry-
go-round revolves, the swivel mount
ing imparting a rocking movement in
addition. This amusement is prac
tically aerial cycling, and the speed
of the revolutions Is limited only by
the speed with which the riders can
pedal.
INTERESTING STORY BY GIRL
Says That Children May Assist Par
ents by Giving Them Benefit of
Education Received.
A very Interesting story appeared
in the County Agent recently, written
by a little girl eleven years old, who
is her father's right hand man when
it comes to keeping books. Mr. Vaplon
of the Colorado Agricultural college
hopes that inasmuch as all children
are expected to keep records, many
will develop into home bookkeepers.
This little girl, Hazel Kent, .says:
"Bookkeeping is the most important
part of any business; farming is a
business just the same as banking,
hence it is just as necessary for a
farmer to keep a record of his ac
counts as it Is for any other man, this
is a period of investment in all lines
of business; why cannot the farmer
keep up with the times and put his
business where it Justly belongs and
run the farm with some system o(
bookkeeping, so he can know at the
end of a day, or month, or year, that
the farm is on a paying basis; let
the daughter, or daughters, keep the
books for the home and family ac
counts, and the son, or sons, keep the
books for the farm. If we children
would help our parents in this way,
we could give them the benefit of our
education which they are making a
sacrifice to give us. Your banker
would be glad to help you get started
with your books and would take an
Interest In you. I know you would
like It."
Cat and Rat
Have you ever played this game?
It Is great fun. Get a large number of
children to ring up in a round ring.
Select one person for a rat and one for
a cat The rat gets on the Inside of
the ring and the cat on the outside.
and the cat tries to catch the rat. The
children must try to keep the cat out
of the ring. If the cat does get in the
rat must get out When the rat Is
caught a new cat and a new rat must
be chosen. This is a fine outdoor
game.
Must Be Round.
"How do you know the world Is
round T" asked the teacher.
"Because," replied the boy, "father
says It ain't on the square and uncle
says it ain't on the level"
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PICTOGRAPHS ON
LONG before the advent of Cortez
and other leaders of the Span
ish Invasion Into Mexico, hun
dreds of years preceding the
marcn oi me conquerors irom
Spain, a prehistoric race of people ex
isted and evidently flourished in the
region of the great Rio Grande, now
marked by the ruins of ancient pueb
los, occasional shrines and idols
carved in stone, somewhat crudely
perhaps, but indicating the art of a
prehistoric band, traces of which may
give light to a past civilization.
It has been estimated recently by
archeologists that this ancient civili
zation dates back at least 1,000 years
and possibly 2,000 years.
The origin of this prehistoric people
Is a mystery which has not been
solved, but recent excavations in the
Rio Grande area of the Southwest, in
a section characterized by examples
of early glazed pottery, give promise
of illuminating the concealed history
of a past civilization days when the
pueblos now In ruins flourished in
New Mexico and along the Rio Grande.
An expedition under the leadership
of Nels C. Nelson, archeologlst and ex
plorer, and conducted under the aus
pices of the American Museum of Na
tural History, has returned recently
from the arid region of the Rio
Grande, and excavations there among
the ruins of old pueblos have yielded
many rare specimens, emblems of an
ancient civilization. It is believed
that the pottery finds unearthed by the
archeologlst will prove a key to the
development of this early civilization,
at present enshrouded in mystery
Modern Cliff Dwellers.
Within the area where the work of
the expedition was conducted by the
archeologlst no fewer than 150 mlns
exist, many of which range in size
from 100 to 4,000 rooms. In addition
to these ruins the archeologlst found
many dwelling places hollowed out In
the cliff walls, dwelling places which
date back possibly 2,000 years. In
one of these hollowed dwelling places
Mr. and Mrs. Nelson established their
headquarters. They became cliff
dwellers of the twentieth century
while delving into the history of the
past.
The mesas tuere rise to a height
over the flat desert country, where the
ruins of pueblos bear traces of the
early civilization, the bowlders carved
with prehistoric pictographs, crude
drawings representing various animals
the deer, horse, the thunder bird
and occasionally a human being. The
plumed or horned serpent often ap
pears In these ancient pictographs,
probably a symbolical design. The
coyote, the bear and hunters equipped
with shields, bows and arrows are also
revealed in these fantastio picto
graphs. Potterv in the Ruins.
While excavating among the ruins
of an ancient pueblo, about thirty
miles or more southwest of Santa Fe,
Mr. Nelson found In a refuse heap
layers of different examples of pot
tery. At the base of this heap he
found examples of painted ware. In
the layer above different types of
glazed ware were disclosed, and in the
last layer of this pottery the pieces
found corresponded with the period of
the Spanish occupation, From about
1680 to the present time the modern
period no glazed ware existed, only
painted examples of the potter's art.
Arcbeologlcally the old heap of ruins
has yielded the most important dis
covery of the museum's expedition.
It Is now possible since Mr. Nel
son's discovery of these various types
of pottery, some of which are prehis
toric, to classify these ancient pueblos
In New Mexico Into three or four dif
ferent chronological groups. Thus
this old pottery, which dates back
1,000 or 2,000 years, may lead to the
unraveling of prehistoric times. It may
prove the key to the mysterious pre-
historlo period. Something may be
learned by the archeologists about the
migration of these people, and ideas
can be formulated as to the direction
from which their migration took place.
Later investigations will show, it ii
hoped, the origin of these prehistoric
people ultimately.
Prospecting upon the top of a high
mesa one day, where the vast country
was visible In the clear atmosphere
of New Mexico for miles and miles
around, Mr. Nelson happened to dis
cover a stone lion, which was lying
In the middle of circular ruins of
tone structure. It was not far from
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-mild
A RUINED PutOLO
Cochltl and close to the Rio Grande.
The lion was about five feet long and
carved out of volcanic tufa, a unique
type of early sculpture. Several stone
Idols were found by the archeologlst,
one with a melancholy face, in relief
and another at San Lazaro, grotesque
in expression.
Spur of Mesa Fortified.
Mr. Nelson explored the spur of a
mesa at Protero Viejo. Evidently the
early dwellers there fortified the place
against the attack of the enemy. The
meBa itself constituted a natural forti
fication and it was difficult to climb it
from the region below.
Built into the top of the mesa were
the artificial walls, a safeguard
planned by the people who once lived
on the heights. For ammunition huge
bowlders were carried by the mesa
dwellers from the creek below to the
fortification. "This type of primitive
ammunition is found," says Mr. Nel
son, "In several other mesas of New
Mexico."
The ancient dwellers of the region
recently explored by the museum's ex
pedition constructed numerous reser
voirs to preserve the rain water and
to guard against periods of drought
Twenty of these early reservoirs were
found In the region between Pecos and
the Rlo Grande river south of Santt
Fe.
Apparently everyone of these an
dent pueblos or villages conserved its
water supply, Judging from evidence!
existing today. At one place there wai
found the ruin of an old dam some
three hundred feet In length. It prob
ably conserved a considerable body ol
water ages ago, as a supply for the
ancient race once living there. Muct
of the pottery unearthed by the arche
ologlst 1b fragmentary, and It will
prove quite a task to piece some ol
the fragments together. One example
In particular Is a rare old Tanos bowl,
which dates back hundreds of years
and notwithstanding the flight ol
time, this piece is in an excellent state
of preservation. It is highly prized
by the collector.
Altogether, Mr. Nelson secured more
than seven hundred archeologlcal spe
cimens on his expedition to New Mexl
co for the museum.
Among the obJectB reclaimed frort
the ruins of the ancient pueblos were
primitive stone axes, stones for polish
ing and smoothing the floors of earl;
apartment houses, knives, stone ham
mers, bone flutes, whistles, beads and
awls for sewing moccasins and man;
other crude Implements formerly used
by the communal dwellers of New
Mexico.
PROMINENT TRAITS IN DOGS
In Many Ways They Are Much Like
Human Beings, and In Some
Ways Above Them.
Mrs. E. Y. Eltonhead has recentlj
completed an Interesting study of hu
man characteristics in dogs. Among
her findings are these:
"Grief is a certain characteristic
for many dogs have Bought the miss
Ing ones and have watched their llvei
away on the graves of the ones to
whom their lives were devoted.
"Self-respect Is evident to anyone
who has made a study of dogs. Frolic
and play are developed from puppy
hood until real old age stiffens mus
cles and loss of teeth forbids the car
rying of a ball or other plaything.
"Shrewdness Is a trait, for where I
dog has been a pet and a child enten
Into the family you will see at once
the sulkiness and dislike shown bj
the usurped one and sometimes ever
a tendency to revenge on one wht
caused the change.
"One trait that is especially humati
Is lacking In dogs. They do not pre
tend to do what they do not feel and
mean, and In this mankind can take
them as a model with benefit to the
world of men.
"Jealousy is a trait met with both
In fine and common dogs, and the
more loyal the dog is the more llkolj
he Is to be jealous of another do
sharing In the affection of his maste!
and mistress."
Turkey's Military Record.
Turkey has no great reputation at
a fighting nation. During her cam
paign against Russia, In 1877, she
placed 7H.000 men In the field. At
the end of the war the disor
ganized remnant of the Turkish army
numbered lzo.ooo men.
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TAKE TIME
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WANTED MONEY FOR SERVICE
Much to Clergyman's Disappointment
Former Ambassador Expected
His Rewsrd In This World.
A clergyman, whose name Is not
necessary to the chronicle, had In
voked the services of former Ambassa
dor Choate In the settlement of a
much-Involved and heavy estate. He
received his bill In due time. Mr.
Choate, It may be remarked by way of
parenthesis, did not become a mil
ionalre, and thus enable himself to
accept an office whose annual ex
penses are $50,000 more than Its emol
uments, by omitting to send bills to
clients. The clergyman, accordingly,
was not overlooked.
The client appeared In a few days
with a smile of deprecation.
"I always understood, Mr. Choate,"
he objected, "that you gentlemen of
the bar, were not in the habit of charg
ing clergymen for your services."
'You are much in error," returned
Mr. Choate firmly, "much in error.
You look for your reward in the next
world, but we lawyers have to get
ours In this."
Quite a Bother.
"Colonel Soaksby, when prohibition
goes Into effect and you will not be
allowed to have more than a quart of
liquor In your house at a time, what
will you do?"
"That law will cause a great deal
of trouble, sir, but not so much for
me as for other people. The express
man will have to call at my house
every day and leave a package.
A Trifle Close.
"Your friend Grabblns is always
saying: 'Take it from me.' That seems
to be a favorite expression of hiB."
"Yes, but It means nothing what
ever in Grabblns' case. All he hat
that's worth taking Is money, and
I've never yet seen anybody who was
able to separate him from bis bank
roll."
Inevitable Annoyance.
"What's the name of that automo
bile you have just purchased?"
"I'm not going to tell," answered
the sensitive person. "You can't
mention the style of car you're using
without making somebody painfull
envious if the price Is large, or un
pleasantly supercilious if it isn't."
Querulouaness,
"What are your politics?"
"It depends a great deal on whe
happened to make the speech I read
last," replied the querulous person.
"I'm getting so that every time 1
read anybody's speech I find some
thing in it that makes me feel like
voting for somebody else."
Possibly So.
"You -say there ar lots of skunki
out In the country where you live?"
"Yep, a right smart."
"Mercy! I don't see how you could
stand them!"
"It may be, son excuse me foi
movln' to windward of ye thet it's
because they don't smoke cigarettes
ON THE BACK TRACK.
Josh I followed a bear's track foi
two hours one day In the RockicB.
Bosh Did you catch up with him?
Josh No; I was going the othei
way.
Art Analysis.
"Does that emotional actress she
real tears?" asked the matinee girl
"No," replied the young man wh
knows everything. "You don't sup
pose she'd take a chance on rulnlni
a hundred-and-fifty-dollar gown bj
shedding real tears on It, do you?'
Wings.
"Riches have wings," said the ready
made philosopher.
"Yes," commented Mr. Cumroi
"The problem is to keep 'em flytni
in your own direction."
POPULARITY OF
BASE BALL
Base ball has grown to gig-antic propor
tions within the last decade and the sci
entific work of the teams has been the
delight of millions of spectators. Them
are so many things to admire in the game
that it is Impossible to describe them.
Outdoor exercise is one of Nature's best
aids In promoting health and strength
and keeping the blood rich and pure; but,
perhaps you are one of the many who
are denied that privilege. Tou lead a
sedentary life which always has a ten
dency to make the liver laiy, the bowels
clogged and digestion poor. Oftentimes
you are nervous, sleepless, have no appe
tite and feel run down.
Under these conditions you will greatly
appreciate the assistance to be derived
from a trial of Hostetter'g Stomach Bit
ters. It helps Nature by toning and
strengthening the Stomach, Liver and
Bowels, and with these organs in a nor
mal condition your system Is well forti
fied against an attack of Sick Headache,
Heartburn, Indigestion, Cramps, Consti
pation, Biliousness or Malaria, Fever or
Ague.
Always take good care of your health
and you will be well repaid, while care
lessness only brings suffering and dis
tress. Let Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
help you to maintain your health.
Balzao's Hatred of Tobacoo,
Perhaps no celebrated author was
more hostile toward tobacco than
Baliao. It Is true that Lamartlne
peaks of the novelist's teeth as black
ened by cigar smoke, but Lamartine
was not intimate with Balzac. Gau
tler on the other hand knew him well
and wrote eloquently about his hatred
of tobacco. Balzac's ruling passion
was coffee, which injured him and
perhaps killed him. In some of his
novels he anathematizes tobacco.
When he allows some of his characters
to smoke there Is veiled contempt. "As
for De Marsay, he was busied in
smoking his clears,"
Dr. Pierce's Pellets, small, sugar
coated, easy to take as candy, regulate
and invigorate stnm&nh. Hvnr nnrl hour.
els. Do not gripe.
tW
Wouldn't Have Sister Hurt. -
When Walter was a tinv fellow hn
accompanied his older sister to the
dentist's. She was to have a tooth ex
tracted and as the dentist commenced
to pull Helen began to scream. In
stantly, face afire, Walter scrambled
from his chair and grabbed the dentist
by the leg. Tugging with all his
might, he Bhouted fiercely: "You bes
ser stop dat if you know what's dood
tor you."
If Arms Art Too Fnt.
If the arm Is too fnt, vigorous mas
sage will help to reduce; but should
be supplemented by active exercises.
To massage the arm, grasp with the
open hand, near the shoulder; and,
treating it as if it were a wet sheet
lifted from the washtub, twist the
flesh with a wringing motion, Go
over the entire arm in this way sevJ
eral times.
You Can Get Allen'f root-fasc PREC.
Write Aliens. Olmsted,! Boy, N. Y., for
ore sample of Allen's Foot-Kane. It curee
iweatliiit. hot swollen, aching feet. It niak.'e
new or tight shoos easy. A certain cure foi
corns, Ingrowing nails and bunions. All drug.
iUtsntlllt. 'I'm. Don't accept any substitute,
Atonement.
"I hate the smell of mothballs and
there's the woman next door hanging
up the clothes she has had put away
with them." "Why object to that?
She's doing you a neighborly kindness
airing your grievances."
His Preference.
She (fond of ragtime) "Now that
you have looked over my music what
would you like to have me play?" He
"Whist or casino." Boston Tran
script. FARMER'S WIFE
TOO ILLTO WORK
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