Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1901 — Doctored the Wrong Child. [ARTICLE]

Doctored the Wrong Child.

Little Customer (to druggist)— Doctor, ma says please give me a doce of whatyoucallit, that cures colic. It doesn[t_ taste very, very bad, does it? Druggist—Not so very bad, but suppose you take a glass of nice soda before you go. Little Customer—Oh, yes, sir! Thanks. (Doctor mixes; little customer drinks and starts for the door. Then returns.) “I declare! I was going away without the whatyoucallit.” . Druggist (laughing)—Why, my dear, you drank it with the soda. Little Customer Oh, dear! Why, doctor, it wasn’t for me; it was for my little brother!”

Changeable Fish. Certain fish called prawns, common along the coasts'of England, change their color at least every twenty-four hours in order to harmonize with the stronger or weaker light prevailing in the surface or in the deeper water. As evening approaches these fish lose their distinctive colors and all assume a transparent azure hue. The change begins with a reddish glow, followed by a green tinge, which gradually melts into blue. Leaves Asleep. Mary Dennis says: “Leaves never tell their dreams, but that they do go to sleep is an open secret. Look at a compound leaf asleep. The little leaflets which were in motion all day have drooped and sunk to rest. If certain plants like the oxalis, clover or pea be subjected to darkness during the daytime they may be caught napping.” • So She Could Grow Big. May is girl of three. She was vaccinated, and, telling about it, she said, “The doctor dipped a little stick in t 'ater and tictied my knee.” Whenyasked what it wag done for, she •ntew herself up and said gravely: ffSo I tan drow bid. Peoples don’t * Vow bid ’les tbey’s tictied.” , I tirii The ar, Ynflowtr. The cornUcr* Ir is known to Americans as t£ m paehelor’s button. In Germany it* galled the “kaiser blume,” oecausX *r the story told of Queen Luise aJ> ot ier son, the late Emperor WilliA* who loved it because it was heX sprite flower.