Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1908 — FOR THE CHILDREN [ARTICLE]

FOR THE CHILDREN

1 Buspsot—A Card {Ralne. ’ j Tills game is p<ayed by any'number with out* or more full packs of curus, according to the number playing. iiie earns are dealt one by one, so as to be us evenly distributed as possible. The first pluyer leads a card, face downward, ceiling out at tha same time the uurnber or napie of a curd, which may or may not be the one he laid down. Thu next player on tbe lext now plays in like manner and must call the name of tbe card next higher than ibo one burned by tbe first player. The others in turn do tha same. Thus if A lead*, calling “six,” the others in turn as they play say -seven,” “eight,” “nine," “ten,” “knave,” etc. When the king is reuch,ed the next player begins at “one’' again. This goes on till some one suspects that tbe card played is not true to tbe uame called, when he must say, ”1 suspect.” The suspected person then shows the card be played. If the suspicion is correct tbe offender must take into his hand all tbe cards on tbe tabic. If it was unfounded the accuser must take the cards. He who first gets rid of ali his cards is the winner. The last card should always be suspected, since there is only one chance in thirteen of its being right. If a player has all four cards of the same number, iu his band be is sure to suspect rightly any one whose tarn it le to play one fit those cards. A skillful player rarely plays the right card unless he thinks some one fs watching him and saves os many kinds of cards as he can, getting rid of duplicates. These are tbe rules of the game: 1. No player can be '‘suspected” after the next in order has played. 2. X player may conceal his hand as he pleases to bide the fact that it is "small, but must always show it on demand of any in the company. 3. The game may be continued ufter one player’s cards are gone till all the cards are in one hand. In this case any one oat of the game may suspect and if he suspects wrongly must take the cards on the table and enter the game again. Think of • Number. Tell some one to think of any number he pleases, but not to tell yon what it Lb. Tell him then to double it. When he has done that let him add to the result an even number which you yourself must give him. After doing this he must halve the whole, then from what is left take away the number he first thought of. When he shall arrive this far, if bis calculations have all been made correctly, you can give him the exact remainder, which will simply be the half of the even number you told him to add to his own. For instance: Number thought of 2 Doubled 50 fcven number added 6 Halved 2| 50 • - 2S Subtract 'original number... X * ' Loaves half of even number 2

Caterpillar Lace/ It Is said that a man in Milnich has devised an ingenious plan by which caterpillars are made to spin lace veils from the leaves of plants. He makes a paste of the plant that Is the usual food of the caterpillar and spreads it thinly over a stone or other flat surface."-Then with a camel’s hair pencil dipped In olive oil he draws on the coating of paste the pattern that he wishes the caterpillar to leave open. The stone being placed in an Inclined position, the caterpillars are put at the bottom, and they eat and spin their way to the top, carefully avoiding every part touched by the oil, but devouring the rest of the plant The result is a lace pattern of rare beauty. The Vision of City Children. A well known English surgeon called attention some time ago to the Inability of city children to See well at a great distance, caused, he said, by their restricted line of vision. The other side of the street Is about as far as they have an opportunity of using their right. It is different with country children, who hare an expanse of landscape to look at and can practice thrir sight on a great variety of objects at a distance. He suggests that city children should be given every possible chance to do the same and thus train the sight and strengthen the eyes at the same time.—Chicago Conundrums. Which is the heavier, a full or half moon? The half moon Is the heavier, for a fall moon is as light again. When Is a lady’s arm not a lady’s arm? When It Is half bare (bear). Why are ripe potatoes in the ground like thieves? Because they ought to be taken up. Why Is the north pole like an Illicit whisky manufactory? Because it.is a secret still. In what ways do women ruin their husbands? In boy ways. » Why Is a short negro like a white man? Because he la not a tall (at all) black. . •• Christmas Morning. _ JUst look In there and sm my treo! It's blazin' with light candles > And covered with big shiny things, .. Jda says, that no one bandies. At mighty glad I ain’t a girl, A-gettin' dolls and braggln' That their* is best of all the things. Why. I get a red wagon! I got a horse that rooks like this And has a tail and spots on. I’m glad I got a big one. 'cause It’s that I’ll ride just lots on. I’m happier ’an I ever was! •Chase after Me quite forgot my badnoes.