Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 September 1906 — FOR THE CHILDREN [ARTICLE]

FOR THE CHILDREN

Game of Meimerltm. After an elaborate speech describing four unusual power of mesmerism, ask your assembled friends for the privilege of trying your powers on them. Tell them to select a certain playing card out of a pack, hide it and then call you in. Ask them all to be thinking about it, while you go around the circle, pressing your hands on each one’s temples and brow in turn. Unknown to them, there must be one of the company who is your confederate. By a prearranged system he will signal to you thus: By pressing his back teeth tightly together and then relaxing them he can cause ike muscles of his temples to contract so that you can plainly feel it un•ler the pressure of your lingers. Let ire contraction indicate hearts, two diamonds, three spades, four clubs, ihea a pause, then one. two or three, etc., to correspond with the number of .pots cn the card, or, if it is a picture cord, four quick contractions for the king, three for the queen and two for the knave. Creaking: Shoes, Do your shoes creak? If they do, you are a sort of nuisance to everybody near whom you walk, to say nothing of the rasping effect on your own nerves. Of course you would like to abate the nuisance, and the editor is going to help you by making a suggestion. The creaking is sometimes caused by the rubbing together of the two pieces of leather that form the sole. In a case of that kind it is said that the creak may be stopped by driving a wooden peg through the middle of the sole, thus bolding the two pieces of leather linn, so that they cannot rub against each other. Another remedy is to soak the sole In oil. A different kind of creak, but one equally unpleasant, is caused by the rubbing together of the two pieces of leather that form the counter of the shot*. This the shoemaker will remedy by opening the .seam of the upper and putting in a little French chalk. How One Cent Paid Seven. Three messengers in one of the Chicago telegraph offices were in debt to each other as follows: Bob owed Harry 3 cents, Jlat-ry owed Ned 2 cents, and Ned owed Bob 2 cents. One day Bob, who had received a rather generous tip, decided to reduce his indebtedness, so he paid Harry 1 cent on account. This made Harry feel that he ought to pay part of what he owed, so he gave Ned 1 cent on account, leaving a balance of 1 cent still against him. Then Ned, following the example thus set, paid Bob 1 cent, leaving a balance of 1 cent. Bob, now having bis cent back again, paid it to Harry, who immediately paid Ned in full. Ned then squared his account with Bob, and Bob squared his with Harry. Thus one little cent paid off a total debt of 7 cents. Did any of them lose by the transaction?—Chicago News. An Experiment With Platinum. Cut out a star or any other desired figure from a piece of platinum and fasten a bit of platinum wire to it. Suspend it in a wineglass by attaching the wire to a nail laid across the glass. Now pour some alcohol Into the glass until it reaches to within a quarter of an inch of the star. Then set tire to the alcohol and when the star is red hot smother the flame by putting a card over the top of the glass. When the flame is out take off the card and let the air in and the star will remain red hot until the alcohol Is all consumed. Darken the room as soon ns the flame In the glass has been extinguished and the effect la very pretty. It’s worth a few minutes of any raanVtime to look into onr new fall clothing. Drop in, we would likiO to show you.

ROWLES & PARKER.