Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 80, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 April 1910 — YOUNG FOLKS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

YOUNG FOLKS

Skip Saved by Dancing. The battleship Dominion was cautiously feeling her way toward Qaebec on the night of August 16, 1906, when the navigating officer, misled by a bush fire on land, took the wrong bearings and suddenly struck on a hidden reef with such force that the huge ship was shaken from stem to stern. Orders were at once given for the whole crew, officers as well as men, to assemble on desk with their kits in their hands, and all the 850 men were told to dance so as to keep the ship “alive,” and so prevent the Dominion’s keel from settling down on the ledge. At first the bluejackets whistled an accompaniment to keep the men in step till the captain ordered the ship’s band to play lively selections. The men danced with a will, stamping their feet and swaying their bodies, and doing all they could to rock the ship. In the end they succeeded, for finally, with the engines working full speed astern, the Dominion slowly gave way and backed again into deep water. The dancing* had saved the ship. A Bath-Tub Joke.

Clean and sweet from head to feet Is Jerry, but not his twin. “Now for the other!” says merry moth- ' er, * And quickly dips him in. Jim and Jerry, with lips of cherry, And eyes of the selfsame blue; Twins to a speckle, yes, even a freckle— i What can a mother do? They wink and wriggle and laugh and giggle— A joke on mother Is nice! “We played a joke”—’twas Jimmie who spoke—- “ And you’ve washed the same boy twice!" Hfatory Game. The following is a pleasant little game to play with your friends or with the grown folks. Try it with the lat*

ter, and see if they remember as much of their American history as they should. The initials, or first letters of the words correspond with those of the character’s name. When you used this list, make a new one. Perilous Rider. Great Warrior. Always Loyal. Worthy Peacemaker Harbor Hunter. Exceptional Ally. Considered Crazy. k «, Before Foreigners. Religious Wanderer. Sailed Confidently. Unusually Successful General. Marching Suitor. The answers in this case would be: Paul Revere. George Washington. Abraham Lincoln. William Penn. ) Henrik Hudson. Ethan Allen. Christopher Columbus. Benjamin Franklin. « Roger Williams. Sebastian Cabot. Ulysses S. Grant. Miles Standish. The American Cattail. The cattail of the American swamps is almost exactly the same plant as the Egyptian bulrush. It is no longer used for making paper, as it once was, but from its root is prepared an astringent medicine, while its stems, when prepared dry, are excellent for the manufacture of mats, chair bottoms and the like. Old Bullfrog;. For playing this merry game one child is seated on the ground with his legs under him while the other players form a ring around him. They then pull him about and give him little pushes, and he must try to catch one without rising from the floor. The child who is caught takes the middle, while the frog joins the circle. Coin Under the Hut. One of the old customs which have never been changed in the launching of a new ship is that of placing a gold coin under the mainmast. This coin, which is not of any certain denomination, always Jtears the -date of the launching of the boat, and is claimed to bring good luck to the vessel and her crew.