Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1910 — Page 7

SNAPSHOTS AT CELEBRITIES

J. W. Folk, Who Aspires to the Presidency.

Joseph W. Folk, former governor of Missouri, is an avowed candidate for presidential honors. At a recent banquet in St. Louis where Democrats of all factions gathered he announced the principles on which he will seek the presidential nomination on the Democratic ticket in 1912. Mr. Folk said: “The doctrine of equal rights should be a living, vital and coiltrolling force in the government. The Democratic party should insist upon the stamping out of graft and corruption from every department, the eradication of all special favors, bounties, subsidies and a tariff for any purpose other than revenue.” Other principles named by Mr. Folk were the preservation of the right of the states to self government, the restriction of American territory to the western hemisphere, the extension of trade by revising the restriction upon commerce, an income tax, the election of United States senators by direct vote and opposition to the domination In public affairs of special interests. Former Governor Folk has had a meteoric career in politics. Although but forty-one years of age, he has served four years as governor of the great state of Missouri, his term ending last year. He gained great popularity while prosecuting attorney of St. Louis, sending a of legislative bribers to state prison. He is a native of Tennessee.

Gaynor as a Physician. “In Mayor Gaynor’s early days on the bench,” said a Brooklyn lawyer, “a prisoner’s counsel said in the course of his speech: “ ‘Medical witnesses will testify that my unfortunate client is suffering from kleptomania, and, your honor, you know what that is.’ “ ‘Yes,’ said Judge Gaynor, ‘I do. It is a disease the people pay me to cure.’ ’’—New York Sun. New Minister to Morocco. Frederick W. Carpenter, the new United States minister to Morocco, has for more than ten years been private secretary to President Taft. When Mr. Taft was head of the Philippines commission he cabled to America for a competent stenographer. Carpenter, Who was then employed by a San Francisco law firm, sailed on the next steamer for Manila. Since that time he has been Mr. Taft’s private secre- • tary, constantly at the elbbw of his chief on his way to the presidency. A desire for a change on the part of Mr. Carpenter influenced the president to name him for the post at Morocco. The new minister is a native of Minnesota, but most of his boyhood was

FREDERICK W. CARPENTER.

spent in California, where he received his rudimentary education. When through with public school he returned to his native state and studied law at the University of Minnesota. Here he took his degree, and was later admitted to practice both in Minnesota and California. Mr. Carpenter is a man of slight physique, but has a store of nervous force that permits him to accomplish a vast amount of work. Naturally, with his splendid opportunities, he is well versed in politics and diplomacy. He is fond of art and has a notable collection picked up on his many and varied journeys through the highways and byways of the earth.

FOR THE CHILDREN

A Horse Chestnut Basket. When the big breezy autumn days come and the brown leaves rush down from the trees you and your friends will probably begin to hunt for horse chestnuts. You know how you find them when you are shuffling through the leaves that some one has just piled up in a tidy heap. Sometimes they are scattered around loose and sometimes they are still neatly packed into their neat, cozy beds in the great burs. And, oh, don’t they look nice and shiny, like beautifully brushed horses, when you take them out of their nest! But after you have kept them awhile they get hard and shrunken, so it is a good idea to make the best of them while they are quite new. Do you ever make baskets, of them? It is quite easy to niake very cunning little baskets if you have a good penknife. Turn the chestnut on end and cut two parallel lines down the middle to form the handle. Stop halfway down the chestnut and cut straight out to the side. Pick out the inside, and there is your dear little basket all complete. Of course if -you are very clever with your penknife you can make a basket with a double handle, one going each way, and lots of other things. , Treat Animals Kindly. The best authorities agree that dogs should not be whipped nor struck a blow more severe than a slap with the hand. A dog is intelligent and as sensitive to the tones of the voice as a child. The voice aloue is all that is needed to reprove him. If it is necessary to punish your dog do it at the time of the transgression and not as jt>ne boy did, two days after the wrongdoing. The boy was the owner of a splendid St. Bernard who ran away from home on one occasion. When he returned his master cruelly whipped him. although a neighbor remonstrated, warning him that the dog did not understand what he had done to merit punishment. “When the dog goes off next time do you think tie will come back when he that a thrashing Is awaiting him there?” angrily inquired the neighbor. The boy paid no attention to the warning, and when Barko went away a week or so later the neighbor’s words came true. Barko. never came back.— Chicago News.

Flower Symbols of the Months. This is flower time. Did you know that for every month of the year there is a symbolic flower? For instance. the month of January has the snowdrop, which symbolizes consolation. February—Primrose (early youth). March—Violets (modesty). April—Daisy (innocence). May—Hawthorn (hope). June—Wild rose (simplicity). July—Laly (modestyk August—Poppy (sleep). September—Morning glory (contentment). October—Hops (joy). November Chrysanthemum (cheerfulness). December—Holly (foresight). Interesting Puzzlers. There are two numbers, the one 48, the other twice as much. What is the difference between their sum and difference? Answer—96. There is a certain club of fat people whose number was only 15 and yet weighed no less than 3 tons. What was the weight of each person? Answer—44B pounds. What is the difference between 14,676 and the fourth of itself? Answer—ll,007. The top of a castle from the ground is 45 yards high and surrounded with a ditch 60 yards broad. What length must a ladder be to reach from the outside of the ditch to the top of the castle? Answer—7s yards.

invisible Writing. For invisible writing use a clean pen dipped in lemon juice. After the writing dries it will not be visible, but if the paper is held in the heat the writing will mysteriously appear in brown. Thus you might send what to those unacquainted with the secret would appear to be a blank page. But your friend; knowing the plan, has only to hold the seemingly blank page to a flame to see plainly all you have written. V r Conundrums. Made of awl work. Shoes. Mean to a degree. The temperature. If you multiply a vowel by a vowel, vhat instrument will you make? Axe (A x E). Which fruit is never single? The pear. Which fruit revels in history? The date. Which tree forbids suicide? The olive fO live). Passing ths Ring. • The children form a circle, with one child in the center. On a string long enough to reach around the circle a gold ring is threaded, and the children, holding the string loosely in their hands, slip the ring along from hand to hand. The player in the center watches closely, trying to catch the ring under the hand of some child, who must take bis place. Polly Talk. I have a parrot. Her name is Poll, ’ And all she can say is folderol. But grandma says this Is not much amiss, for talk and say naUiggHflV

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