Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 April 1895 — CHILDREN’S COLUMN, [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CHILDREN’S COLUMN,

A DEPARTMENT FOR LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLS. Something that Will Interest the Jurenll* Member* of Every Household—Quaint Antlom and Bright Saying* of Many Cut* and Cunrbg Children.

Here Is an easy way of painting, which any child can try. Buy 5 cents’ worth of spirits of nitre, pour a little in a saucer, and soak It in a piece of white linen. Take the leaf of any plant you fancy, lay it on the piece of wet linen, and put It between the leaves of a book, with a sheet of paper to receive the Impression. Put a weight on the book and leave it for a few days. When opened you will find a perfect print of ihe leaf, both In shape and color, and the leaf Itself will have become quite pale, all the tints being gone. In using any drugs for any experiments rerneluber that the bottles should bo kept tightly corked, and standing, when not in use, on some high shelf, quite out of the reach of the poking little fingers of a baby brother or sister. In trying this experiment don’t leave any of the nitre In the saucer after wetting the linen; pour any that may remain back into the bottle. Uses for Horse Chestnuts. Cut with a sharp knife a hole about a quarter of an inch in diameter. Cut out the meat in little pieces and shake out the hole. By holding the nut against the lower lip and blowing Into the hole, a whistle of an amazing power can be produced. By boring a small hole into one side and stopping It with the finger, a kind of trill can be performed with some kind of nuts. By fastening several whistles of different pitch on a strip of wood a tune can be played on them. By hollowing a nut, leaving a hole at the top about half an Inch in diameter and the same size at the bottom, cutting holes for eyes, nose and mouth and illuminated with a small candle, a grotesque jack-o'-lantern can be made. A face Is cut upon the side of a large chestnut, lifting a portion of the shell for eye-lids, and cutting the lips to represent teeth. A little bit of red paper is stuck in for a tongue. A napkin Is then placed over the top of a tumbler so as to form a depression. In this the head is placed. The sides of the napkin ate then grasped by the hand on the outside of the glass, and by moving it slightly the head rolls about in the anjysing w-ay. A little hat or feather makes the head still more comical. This performed with an orange is a sight never to be forgotten. Cut out the eyes so as to show white, raise a triangular flap for a nose, thrust a short stick Into thenut, and dress as n doll. It makes a particularly good China boy If a cue Is stuck on, and a cross- piece, i*> put or. for arms. By gouging a quarter-inch hole with a knife, and sticking the nut on the end of a pliable wand or rod about four feet long, and swinging the rod with a free-arm movement, the nut is thrown off and goes an Incredible distance.—Harper’s Young People. When a person is hysterical oftentimes a portion of the body has absolutely no feeling.

An Easy Way of Painting.