Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 September 1895 — OUR BOYS AND GIRLS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

OUR BOYS AND GIRLS

THIS IS THEIR DEPARTMENT OF THE PAPER. Quaint Saying* and Cate DMng* of thn Little Folk* Everywhere, Gathered and Printed Here for All Other Little Onee to Bead. Flower Ghosts. Any child who wishes to see the ghost of a flower has only to make a very simple experiment Let him go up to a cluster of blossoms and look very intently for several minutes at one side of It. Then very suddenly he must turn his gaze upon the other side of the same cluster. He will at once distinctly see a faint and delicate circle of colored light around this second half of the cluster. The light Is always In the hue which is “complimentary” to that of the flower. The specter of the scarlet poppy Is of a greenish white. The ghost of the primrose is purple. The ghost of the blue fringed gentian Is of a pale gold tint In these circles of color the shapes of the flower’s petals are always faintly but clearly seen. —Chlcngo Inter Ocean. Hover the Dude.

How Many Apples l>id They Rat? “Can you tell ino,” said Will to Bob, ‘how many apples Adam and Eve ate In the garden of Eden?” "That’s a chestnut!” Bob answered. “Eve ate one and Adam nte, too; that makes three.” "You don’t add correctly, Bob. Tho total Is 103.” “How do you make that out?” "Why, as you said, Eve ate one (81) and Adam ate, too (82). Add 81 and 82 together, nnd you got 103, don’t you?" Bob thought a moment and then exclaimed : "1 guess they ate more, afte? all. Eve ate, for one (841), and Adam ate, too (82). Total, 023." "Oh, I can do better than that," said Will. "Eve, for one, ate one (4181), and Adam, too, ate one (281). That makes a totnl of 4,362. Can you boat that?" "Yes, Indeed! How Is this? Eve ate one, for one (8,141), nnd Adam ate one, too (812). That Is a total of B,OKI. Now It’s your turn.” "I’ll quit," said Will. “Thoy must have eaten tho whole trop. I '—New York Recorder. The Obedient Bsg. Some curious tricks can be-performed with eggs prepared In tho following way: Pierce an egg with a pin, and empty the contents of the shell. When tljo Interior Is quite dry, pour Into It some line sand until a fourth of the shell is tilled. Then seal the hole with a drop of white wax. You can then place the egg on the edgo of u knife or tho margin of the decanter, and It will stay where you put It. Take care to shake the egg well before placing it In nny of these positions, and thus bring

the center of gravity to the place whero you desire It to bo. To make a disobedient egg Introduce into an empty egg shell some grains of shot and sealing wax: Close the hole, and hold the shell over a flame until the wax Inside has melted. The shot and wax will then adhere to the bottom of the egg. When cool place the dgg on the table, and R will stand upright like the one shown In our Illustration. The egg will be a source of mystery to your friends, as It will refuse to assume any other position.

THE OBEDIENT EGG.