The Stephens County Times (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 5, 1957 Page: 5 of 6
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YOUNG
Long Ago
Lost City to Become Tots*ist Spot
1 N'TERESTED TOURISTS
r. ay fi• itra.«*{ hv air V, a
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Mew World. I;
ingle in the P>
• rn Guaten
the iia:•• of
V. '.ii a papula
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DETAIL
Of
STONE-
CARVING
ON
TEMPI*
FACADE.
r ivt ni'^u',
altar an;
CA kiih
. - STON t
_£• vi
iosr c//y of
In 194.5) it was rediscovered
from the air Hut bTausi? «>f
l). ii'use jungle it was impos-
ML.lt: to land. A ground i*urly
l itd 1« be f-nt lo ronstru« t a
l~udi'.g strip.
mm
o/'o square mile. Smaller and
It ::; • ipr. riant buildings pvt. nri
outv. ^ "tl from two to three
mil* on each side.
One of tire most intrrestin*
sights lo Le seen in Tikal are
the pyramid tempi's. There are
live these. The tallest is ili!)
feet high ar.d the lowest is 14."
feet. Marry of the smaller
buildings are six st.iries high.
Although considerable prog-
i' i has already been i...ule, it
will he years I.,-'fore the "New
Ycr!.' i.r an ient America is re-
! ."' 'i ! > its former glory.
Kvi i"' care Is being taken Pi
have i verything |m.!: a- much
z. ■ pii.-' bl.* *.4 it <lid then. The
hop- It! I.-.- : I:,. Ire.1 with mer-
Tl> : e will t.P hotel for vis-
ion • with all mode: n coriven- •
le.'iee ■. What other inhabited
i;iy :u the Amene-as will he
able in boa t, t.'iat it U ",U00
yeai . oh ' , j
■—Hi It. S,
Outdoor Life—No Razor, But This Bird Shoves
. r.i
O.Vi: or 1 III. , ■ Kirn,-
',! tropical t'enrrsi and
' itii Aiaei-it jn i - as tries. It
ren pi'.ri.ier than the peacock.
showing otf his line
r-, hi.t ' *:e mi:.tmot tri• -
ri. e • !? b-a ty by . i.a . -
That is. these birds remove
thi- shafts from Ihrir two lonj,
central, tail fratbrrs with ihrir
«harp. notched hills. It is hard
work, fur they must bend their
tails forward and their heads
dov. n.
Ml. t I.r th■■ ! irds leave a
j ....it, fan- i.aoeii bunch at 'he
en.! iif • :n h ■ f these (prills.
* ithers, I i r. pp-ff-r re
individuality and leave small
• h« re and there along the
Kv'-n if the , bird : «t .1 r.ot
try to inipro-. .• their ap.e -
gleaming gr-'-< n - ■ . le !'• • .
treamlined in appearar, e.
They v.ear a blaik hr.uit>
patch tipon each chr ,-k. th
patch bring arrented with a
hrisht purple hand. Tliev h.u.
a cre^t similar to that of <:i:r
own North American l.lue;.i>
upon their saui v heads. In fa< I.
they resemble the hhn-ja'-
Sreatly hut are lar- .r.
'iii.il birds live t; • I
the dense tropica! jV-.p '. Ti. .
ilia their ie s tr
mot//!or
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■ are not an es-
i adage. "Bt aut>
' a- beauty does." The hot
tropical climati? niaires then- in-
rit and lazy. They eat irnee,
rat . iizani insect- nr almost
anyiiiing thc-y can pick up with
! little effort.
'ir:■ are untidy housekeep-
ers. J i-t r,z their eggs hatch,
:..'h -r and lii o t h e r motmot
..c:;d a few busy hours tu til!
i: st with dead mice, frogs.
Ii, and aimilar dainties. Of
course, in that hot climate,
these soc.ii become a mass ot
maggots, which is the food or
the n.'t birds until they are
jblc in to rase for themselves.
The motmot's gen-ial tin -
' cleaniine: s saves its life, ioi
'the native Indians do not u e
Lheni for fund nor disturb them
Coi'.--.oi.i:jiilv. thc-y have be-
.'ome '.^s_, I. ,id arid noi y.
Crazy World —So You've Got Money Trouble?
MONEY a t *ne ouer
n.an: takes for the things you
—hss rattled in strange:
shapes in curious transactions.'
Cowrie shells, dor, pic and
iperm-whale teeth have served
is money. Fishhooks, hounds,
snail shells and stone coins 12
feet in diameter have passed as
franrs and dollars do today.
Of all ood currencies, the
ci.v. white and - traw-eulored
' the Indian
rved mort
uthi-r non
he National
fill-notind i...r>
I. ritl'
famed
I eth, for traders a lanes far apart—nails, for in-;
iiy age, : h:.■ j; the - tanco, were as good as cash
."ii ir.inoi:s of nor- at one time in Scotland and .n
leter" irs. pre - Rs solctionary New Ens- !
i' r-:.- i land, ant! land. Salt bar:-, are still sound
'r • K , i . America e::chare,e mediums in some
iro-s- -tiif extremes countries where the life-giving '
:. i ( ("..rrenrii Thej element is scarce.
one money ,.f Van j Eye-appealing baubles sinti- •
ri
hi
In 1390 t!
tooth at ■>"> t
India
•Id for two cowries
a surplus of cow-
n.r'ut•• .ii, Tliei: A native of Vap counts
J,. : . III..;.led ijoaiiti- l^ans on — his money.
Cull*fV ! their value-
I i.i4 teeth found favor iimonj
disunlly separated Solomon '-r.I.v
Islanders of the Pacific and tn ■
Shoshone and Bannock Indians Wr.i.n
c,f North America. i. e., • . i-r
ii.d
weiah-d !:ut: !s«-ds of pounds. • iar to the cowries won wide-
Wi'h > ic 'a: ic:i ••• ..r'y impos- spread popularity. Just as
• •: 'Mr. s stood North American Indians gave
•i ric i man's dwelling, •sallied lands, and skins, for!
. Vili '; I.: -uoree-. beads, the Araticanian Indians
lo I'ara :i ... a..: i., - c;■ t • r.ail of Chile accepted green jadeite
'..r i-I-1.'o■ i/e a beads.
: ' ■ '• ' 1' '■ d r cil I -,. 'Hi!.- Apart from more ordinary
v. hd • in .\>-1- pattern; < f currency, Antwerp i
I numb-: r uf' t;i;i btcame money in Tierra !
11 1 ot a ee.r- 1 Fueso a century &eo.
' i ' A.-ii.i.-' si Hi1 or f times j In the Pacific, Loyalty Island,
' '< 1 - d I he purchases were made v.ith red
• ' ■ o iii..i a re.eilium fur found under the ears of the
'••••" ' fly ins? in-:. In the Gilberl
The • , I rm v. bale's elusive- l.dand:: i,overs once used tish-
...- s. like Hold, raisfd its teeth hiji.li ■: i...de of shells. Esg.- ,
eir.iiana, v.Iae i.i the Fiji 1.,-came a 1 soiled currency on
! !- nils. (. t: •r_ii., ov.ned by N'aur.l i .it!.
• joi-ltains and hand-polished, a Ti.e main currencies of A lor. |
- ' I ' I lit . bride or a cul- tii.y ICar.t Irmian i-dand, air
- v.a.v out of trouble. metal !;:■!(!.• dr.imi and lira is
■' . i i ii a in siiOa . Arrows are Ciiiiiidered
- " -1 ; - i ;,,r nionev in^fiiall change.
Pen Pols -Here Are Week's Mcsilbag Se'ections
Ltui Captain Hai, ? Dear Captain Hal,
My holjties are rocks and I found a p*..n pa! in tho p.
match book covers. I would like ar.d I ^ot back, an an j. r
tv.'o pen pal... <>r\r from Svve<t -n I ran't find h;- adffit- ; i.
bud one r'rf.m Guam. I am 10 .-jUirVi - :.d jr. Ih i..,: ..
years old My fi-'.oiite -port is Harry /.nnmennan ar.d I'd
I'dlei rkjtillfe'- : to i.eat t. .... ii;,';: .,
I'at Arm Till : (' h r i - Ad,-. .
]0t!I West 13th St. ' 'J«iK i'
5i^n Uemardinn, t..ahf. j (-m0 ri, ( .ni
-d '-"O Hal. j Ii. ar C .plain Hal
il 1 ■■ ■ ' ' !•' I v.-o-ild 1 v.muld i Ire a pen pal back
'i'id .j aM f-.ast . oir.Lwire.e. 1 like birr-es
i .'1. . i i.'l- a, ;■! r.nd ro. f-'rr-roll re.ords
' : : ; "'-II ' ' ry ! ai , a I. e., it-, an I I lire .... a
' - '' si,or! rar.e.i. \','e L.-.re three holies
and tour dc^.-j.
Whi'e j Y. rry Taylor
- : A'i 'iur,dalir R I. j sOs.'l i.I.runtain nr.
Mas • Mi. ad, . la ; | -^ii l.-r:fiardino, t'alif.
Something to Try -Help the Birds Find Food
•\ til HI* feeding statmn out-'
ri ie your window will provide j
yi.ii v.ith daily pleasure.
First collect a 10-ir."h pie
plate, a .'.ire coat hanger, some
heavy cellophane, fresh, white
shellac, a cheese box and its
cover.
Hold cheese bo>: upright and
cut a one-inch square hole at
bottom. Then nail the upright
box to its cover so the covet
forms a base. Bore hole in topi
and bottom of assembled box
parts.
Punch hole in ce iter of pie ■
plate and place on top of up- j
ended box. Use a straightened j
coat hanger as a hook, running j
'A* straight through th*
s/en reeo/Ncj &T.4T/0/J
Gi
COAT UAfiJCjf
Pfl PLAT?
CSOX
OVB&
t ^
1
..;d .ei n iii.; at base. !color-;.ol.-. .a.ose stain. Then
the bird feeder two varnish. - ■
1 •i" ' -mdMe ..is .-■!:• -11 .a -, Jn this vr. y your desk, chair.,
'• •"•>< 1,1 t ci.at to dry dressing tab.'o or bookcase will :
■ h.-'.iir app-'yiiiij the hare that O&Unctive, colored- j
"!l" 1 *•-•' v'" : when : to-ld.nd finish with small cost!
hcll..c i. dry. i and little cfi'.j;'.
i lionhane over open
TAPe
CeLLOPUJV?
OV£-/e &4CK
IF YOU are planning lo mail
' a £ii"l of prrfun.e or some other
UNFINISHED fmniHtre ran item made c! glass, pack it in
' 'o match the calor po'pcn;n!
' '' " ri.c.ri.-orchid., iv.' soma itr.butlered, unsalt-
' o ru e, blue. |ed p jpeorn. l a-k it tightly in
r -ee t dre dyes when the box t—OE.nirig the fragile
solved in water (follow the gift.
reetion- on the package) and; TI,.'; way you have almost
.ofc ri on an I into the bare ICO' iosui. 'a th®t your gift
''' ' " ''li ''lean cloth, will - will come t i; v o u g h without
uiitlnishsd t'ocnitur* any-
FOLKS
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COLUMN
SHORT STORY BASED ON A TRUE INCIDENT-
Henry Makes a Discovery
Match
Pete:
.Wits W i t h Puzzle
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1 flace course circuit
4 Itegret
7 Make a mistake
8 Compass point
Q Boat
11 Pewter coin of Malaya
12 Appearing
Hi Unit of weight
17 Educational group (ab.)
18 Also
19 Pigpen
DOWN
1 Boy's nicknama
2 Craft
3 Shani
4. Stays
5 Employ
fi Always (poet.)"
10 Upper limb
12 Station (ab.)
13 Eternity
14 Used by fishermen
15 Jolly
PICTURE WORD SQUARE
Substitute a four-letter word
for each of the pictures (or
wording) and you'll find your
answer reads the same down as
across:
i IT HAD BEEN three days |
since a few of the men from
; the Mayflower had set foot on
dry land. But this was the day ^
when all the'passengers were
to go ashore.
: Henry was so excited he ran
I out on deck in order to be
'among the first to take the trip'
ashore. But tiie deck was slip-'
: pery and Henry skidded. Be-
' fore he could regain his bal- j
' ant e, he ran smack into Cap- j
tain Jones.
The captain glared at him.
"I.ook where you go, you . . .
yau mannerless waif 1" the
captain shouted.
But Henry was accustomed
to scolding. He got so much of
it from everyone. That is,
everyone but Constanta. Though j
she was but 15, Constanta tool-
'the place of a woman with the j
i work.
e
So Henry sought a place ne\-t '• They dug: until they found a wondrously woven
to Constanta Hopkins in the i with ears of corn.
longboat, lie could see that
the men were getting! B,,t when the sun was hiSh! As he dt- soma of the
j in the sky the scouting party . came up.
I came lo a pretty valley. Ther
sk r t filled
was fresh water! Henry drank
some of
ready for a scouting party.
"I wish I could go along!"
Henry confided lo Constanta.
She sighed and gave him a | Jeep, for water never tasted so j
weak little smile. Henry won-jgoo;i'
dered if even she thought him 1 -le men, too, felt better and j
to be a nuisance. j began to explore the beach.
But he didn't dwell long on | They found an iron kettle under |
Constanta's opinion of him, for! soma planks. While the men;
they were soon at the shore' discussed how these things;
and Henry hunted clams in the; could have come to the wilder-
sand with the other boys while ■ ness. Henry strolled down thai
in I1
one
en
... san. I
of the
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beach.
Then his eyes sighted some-
thing very unusual. It xvas a
mound of sand with the prints
of hands on top. "Someone has
been here recently." Henry said
aloud as he began to dig.
the women got ready to do a
t w o - m o n t h s' washing.
Henry was so happy to have
his feet on dry land that he ran
all over the place. Not caring
much where he went, he didn't
look where he was going until
he fell over something. It was
Mistress Eaton's freshly washed
clothes!
"Upstart!" the good lady
; screamed at him, and she would j
have slapped him had he not 1.find a small cardboard
ducked at exactly the right mo- j box about 1 in.wide,zin.
Oiggin
like a little child,
men scoffed.
"Little child. bi;i nui anre,"
someone else added.
"But I've found something."
Henry protested.
They ail began to dig. They
dug until they found a wen-
drously woven bar Oct tilled
with ears of corn!
"This will he reed for out
spring planting!" William Brad-
ford exclaimcd.
it
n:
, said
or seen
"And it
r great-
's ever did
long," seirl
ilv placing
•nrv's shool-
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ment.
Henry ambled off by himself.
"Waif! UpstaVt!" He repeated
the names he had been called
this day. They made him sad.
lie wondered if all orphans
' wert
; only
1 treated so unkindly. His
relative was Cousin Tiliev.
HIGH AND SIN. L0N&.
X'S^S
2.PUNCH SMALL HOLES 2 IN<
And he paid little or no heed to A?ART cj\Q\\ SIDE 0?
him at all. n.-w
Just then who should come
BODY PARTS
Ttiese are parts of your
body, but Puzzle Pele forgot to
put in the vowels. Can you
figure them out?
HRT NKti
ERN RS
I.BW
"01.D" WORDS
As you see, each of these
to him but Cousin Tilley him-
self! "Henry," he said sternly.
"perhaps I have not supervised
you as I should. Now we are
going on a scouting party. It
will be rough and dangerous,
but you may come with me if
you promise not to make your-
stlf a nuisance."
"I. promise!" gasped Henry;
eagerly.
Henry could see that Captain!
Slandish did not think well of SCUT4STRAIGHT PIECES
taking him along, but Edward 1 Of CLOTHES HAMGER WIRE
Tilley spoke privately to the £||\'.LONG£RTH.V>J WIDTH OF60X"
"So that's what
the men, Who lire!
corn like ibis before
comes in the hour of
est need."
"The best thing wt
was bring the l. -y
Cousin Tilley. pro
his arm around
ders.
"Indeed," agreed William
Bradford. "Let no one speak o£
him in ill terms agahi."
Henry smiled bro-ully and
thought how happy his friend
Constanta Hopkins would ne
when he fold her about his
amazing discovery and the new
treatment he could expect from
this day on.
Do You Know
Football Facts?
The fact is that football was
i once named IIARPASTON.
; That's a Spartan word. Ili-'-
words ends in "old." Your task . , _
is to complete the words from ! captain and he nodded in agree-j PUT WIRES
; the given clues:
Of .I) (berate)
— OLD (matrix)
— OLD (grasp)
— OLD (unwrap)
TRIANCI.E
SINCERE is !he word from
which Puzzle Pete has hung his
word triangle. The second word
is "p a t t e i n s of perfection";
third "approaches"; fourth
"solii itnde"; fifth "old rneas-
u.es of iloth"; and sixth an ab-
breviation for "right side." Fin-
ish tne triangle:
SINCERE
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Whisfle Bait
An Indian petitioned a judge
of an Arizona court to give him
a shorter name. "What is your
name now?" aske I the judge.
"Chief Screeching Train
Whistle," said the Indian.
"And to what do you wish
to'shorten it? " asked the jud^e
Hie Indian folded Irk: arms
majestically and grunted,
"Toots,"
• •
False Profits
A young man called at the
minister's office. "I just came
to ask you," lie said, "whether
you think it's right for any
person lo profit by the mistakes
of others?"
"Most certainly not," replied
the minister.
"Then," aaid the young man,
"perhaps you'll return the $5
I k«>• you ImI Julit M(-
rjiCj cat."
rnent- ! THROUGH
'I hey all marched single file. gpQQ1 c,
j along the beach. After a little a\jp>
[ while they heard barking dogs rjpn|i/-u
and saw six Indians, who dis-j urlir-q
appeared into the woods. —
The company took after them
. . . deeper and deeper into the
woods they went. By dark they
had not caught up with the red-
skins and so camp was made.
The n«?xt day the walking
was harder. Henry got scratched
bv briars. His body ached. He
was thirsty. He stumbled and
fell, halting the whole party.
"Nuisance!" he heard one of
I the men grumble.
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3.PUNCH SMALL HOLES INI A
ROW IN CENTER OF THE TOP.
4. buy mom 4 spools of
THREAD. (D'FriREM I COLOlvS) . torian:; tell us that if was the
! Spartans wiio originated the
game in 500 B.C.
And it is ai.-.o a football fact
that the Romans took to tiia
game and played it, loir. Cae-
sar's soldiers I iked it so much
! that they used il as. u military
| pastime in Britain.
Another footb.iil fjet is that
: in the early days cf the game,
1 tov. !..-: wuiild i !,jIP-ie esich
(other to a tame. The "goals"
! were usual!) the town huild-
ngs.
Sometimes there vnrs mora
than ten mile.; of e .m.iry be-
tween twn ";ai,.u - " Tie - e ;.;ames
-
PU1
THRzAPS
TKROUC'H
HCiZS/N.
WRAP
NARROW
STRIPS
OF TAPE
AROUND
ENDS OP
WIRES.
GIFT
WRAP
FOR
jMOM
i.rurs and hours,
win.!e da;- iict -i
play i :; all lira
were in riled to
lasted for
Sometimes a
were no speei
tow ii. poopie
pa rlicipate.
And it is also a fact th_it Ihe
reason the football is called
"pigskin" today is b. - ause in
the early clays of the game, real
pigskin was used, usually an
inflated pig's bladder.
It is a fact that Waiter Camp
(known as th.- father of modern
football) was also the originator
of the idea i■ i an all-.Vineries
football team.
wi titravj
the kiwi, ne w z€aland's flightless
bird,is waging a losing fight
FOP.SURVIVAL AGAINST DEP-
I REDATIONS OFBuSH FIRES,
FERRETS, HOUSE CATS,
RATS AND STOATS,..
Fish in a-farm pond
WILL.KEEP IT
RELATIVELY FREE
fbcm mosquitoes
£<r:r-i
:6«0^SS0V3
FARMERS SOMETIMES gERATE THE WAVER SlWCE
IT DAM5 AN IRRIGATION ■ DITCH a5 QUICKLY AS A STREAM
AND IS FULLY CAPABLE OF CHOPPIMG DOWN HALF A POX-
eaj. SN FRUIT TR,6fg IN A SINCt-E NIGHT,.-
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