Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 September 1904 — FOR THE CHILDREN [ARTICLE]

FOR THE CHILDREN

The F*rtsa« TilUas Heee. From red or pink tissue paper cot large, medium and small rose leaves until you have enough to make an Immense full blown rose that will fit In a large salad bowl. Arrange these to make the flower as perfect aa possible. To aa many of the leaves as there are guests tie green baby ribbon, which must bang over the outside of the bowl. At the bottom of each leaf thus prepared fasten a slip of paper on which is written a prophecy of some kind. For Instance, on one write, “You will have a long, happy life;” on another, “You will soon go on a journey across water.” A pretty fancy is to have a ring fastened to one of them which will fall to the one who receives tbe slip of paper on which Is written, “All things that are good fall to you.” When these are all arranged each guest takes one of the tiny ribbons hanging at the side of the bowl, and they give a quick pull all together, which scatters the leaves In all directions, leaving them dangling in the hands of those who hold the ribbon at the other end. The mottoes may be comic or sentimental. In either case they afford plenty of fun, as they must be read alond. Boats With Byes. In China, where so many hundreds of people live their entire lives on boats, there is a very strange idea that an eye must be painted on the bow of the boat tbat it may see its way through the water. } An Englishman traveling in China sat in the front of a small boat with his feet hanging over the painted eye. The owner became very much excited and begged the traveler not to cover the eye of the boat, as it must see its way. When tbe first railroad was built through China the native workmen were anxious to paint an eye on the front of the locomotive. They thought it was not safe to allow such a fierce looking creature as an engine to run about blind. ' Bottle and Wall Contest. For a jolly contest get a bottle partly filled with water anil a generous supply of thin nails. Have each guest write down on a piece of paper or a blackboard the number of nails he thinks it will take to make the water overflow. Each guess should have the name of the guesser written beside it. When all have guessed, the hostess begins dropping tlie nails, one by one, into the water. When the first water runs over the edge she stops, and the various guesses are examined. The boy or girl whose prophecy hits or comes closest to the real number of nails wins a point or u prize.

A Pvt Baby Rhino. The house of the governor of north Borneo is near a jungle, and from it strayed a baby rhinoceros. Captured as a curiosity, he at once became tame and refused to return to his native wilds. He consumes sixteen quarts of milk a day and on this diet thrives and grows fat. He might be mistaken for a queer sort of hog were it not for The horn in the middle of his face. He is devoted to his mistress and follows her about like a dog. A Turkish Riddle. Here is an old Turkish riddle which has been handed down for many centuries and yet has never been answered: “There was once a beggar who always dreamed he was a pasha, and there was a pasha who always dreamed he was a beggar. Which was the happier?” Oat of the Ordinary. Small Howard, accompanied by his father, was visiting the zoo for the first time. “Oh, papa,” he exclaimed, as they stopped in front of the elephant, “look at the big cow with her horns in her mouth eating hay with her tail!” The Twf* of a Chicken. At a picnic dinner a young lady passed her plate, asking for “tbe limb” of a chicken. Mary Lou listened in amazement, bat seeing tbe plate adorned with a leg she passed her plate, saying modestly, “Please give me a twig." A Beautiful Prayer. The fishermen of Brittany, so we are told, are wont to utter their simple prayer when they launch their boats upon the deep: “Keep me, my Ood; my boat la so small and thy ocean la so wide." Thunder Kills Oysters. Oysters are such nervous creatures that a sudden shock, such as a loud thunderclap, will kill many hundreds of them. What’s la a Mamet la the morning he's a pirate, with a cutlass and a gun. And we tremble at the flashing of his eye; His name, as he informs us, is an awe inspiring one—- " Lord Ferdinando Roderlgo Ouy!” By 10 o'clock our pirate has renounced his gory trade; In armor now, he has a lance and shield. He gallantly advances to defend a helpless maid, And we know that bold “Sir Lancelot" has the field. And next, a skulking savage, he la lurking in the hall. Most alarming in his feather war array. But he graciously assures us he will answer if we call “Hiawatha Mudjekeewis OJibway!" , As “Horatio Nelson Dewey” he's an admiral of parts. And last In all his catalogue of names Comes tbs very simple title under which he roles our hearts Per when he’s sound sslgep he’s sternly “James r