Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 80, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1911 — FOR THE CHILDREN [ARTICLE]

FOR THE CHILDREN

Lincoln’s Tribute to Washington. Lincoln said of Washington: “Washington is the mightiest name on -earth —long since mightiest In the cause of civil liberty, still mightiest in moral reformation. On that name a eulogy is expected. It cannot be. To add brightness to the sun or glory to the name of Washington, is alike impossible. Let none attempt it In solemn awe pronounce the name, and in naked, deathless splendor leave it shining on.” Lincoln's First Political Speech. “Gentlemen, Fellow Citizens—l presume you all know who I am. I am humble Abraham Lincoln. I have been solicited by my friends to become a candidate for the legislature. My politics are short and sweet, like an ‘old woman’s dance.’ lam in favor of a national bank. I am in favor of the International improvement system and a high protective tariff. These are my sentiments and political principles. If elected 1 will be thankful, if defeated it wffl be all the same.”

Homemade Valentine. The 14th of February has come around again, and, of course, everybody is beginning to think of valentines. Perhaps you may be glad to have a few ideas for “homemade” valentines, which are always prettier and more interesting than those you buy. Take an envelope of any shape desired and open it out flat by slipping a knife underneath the flap and so loosening the mucilage. On the Inside print the following verse: To you I send, dear Valentine, This faithful little heart of mine. Its every beat is full of love For you, my own dear turtledove. The word heart may be pictured instead of printed or cut but and pasted to the envelope. The same way with the turtledove, the turtle being green and the dove a soft gray. Fasten the envelope again and on the outside write: If you but break, dear Valentine, This binding seal of wax and twine And look beneath you’ll' surely see The greatness of my love for thee. Tie it with a piece of red twine of ribbon, then seal it with red wax or any other color you happen to have, and the valentine is complete.

The Lion’s Mistake. A British officer was shooting in Somaliland. One night as he lay on his bed within his tent a lion made a sud•den spring over the rough fence which had been put up around the encampment. The lion took no notice of the animals, but went straight to the sportsman’s tent and seized the sleeper—fortunately by the hand only.

It must have been a terrible awakening for the officer. Bitt somehow as the Hon changed its grip for the man’s shoulder it got hold bf the pillow instead and then decamped with its prize. Next morning the pillow was found in the jungle at a distance of several hundred yards from the encampment. What a disappointment it must have been to the hungry lion when he discovered his mistake! Old Rhymes. The common little rhyme beginning “Thirty days has September,” if not as old as the hills at least is as old as 1596, for in that year it was printed in Loudon in an old arithmetic. This Is how it reads in its original form: “Thlrtie dates hath September, Aprill, June and Novemember; Februarie eight an twenty alone; all the rest thlrtie and one.” The rhyme beginning “Multiplication Is vexation” is likewise not au outburst of modern scholars, for it is found in a manuscript of even older date, 1570: Multiplication Is" mle vexation, And Division quite as bad. The Golden rule is mie stumbling stule, And Practice makes mle mad.

Omitted Words. Can you supply the seven words omitted? They must all be formed of the same six letters: A sat In his - gray. Watching the moonbeams - play. On a keg that in the bushes lay. And the leaves with their took up the song, Thou the brave. Thou the strong. To thee doth of great battles belong. John Barleycorn, my king. Answer: Sutler, ulster, luster, rustle, lurest, rulest, result A Cat’s Presence of Mind. The presence of mind of the cat is marvelous. A cat was chased by two dogs into a corner of the yard with high walls, but the'cat escaped unharmed by a gymnastic feat which involved running for several feet up a vertical wall, turning in the air, alighting on the back of one of the dogs and springing thence to the top of a gate. Puzzle and Answer. Bought a lot of eggs for 12 cents. Had-there been two more they would have cost 1 cent less per dozen. How many in the lot? Answer.—Sixteen eggs for 12 cents Equals 9 cents per dozen, eighteen tqiials 8 cents. Penny Fred. With a penny Freddie bought A valentine for Nell, And, of course, its being cheap Was not very swell. Now, Misp Nell was Very vain, And she liked things nice, So a gift was naught to her ’Less it cost a price. When, she got the valentine She sneered, her -lip did curl. •Til let Fred know." she said, with scorn, “That I’m no penny girt!”