Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1910 — FOR THE CHILDREN [ARTICLE]

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