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  2. CHRISTMAS GAMES AND PASTIME.

    1. A dainty fruit, of plum—like size, Preserved, will make our Christmas pies 2. This gentleman will talent bringArtists who can play and sing. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 326 words
  3. HOW TO PASS A THREAD THROUGH THE EYE OP A NEEDLE SEVERAL TIMES.

    This is really an astonishing performance, to accomplish which you get a needle, and a piece of ootton some 5ft or 6ft lone;. Then thread the needle with it, drawing the oot ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 388 words
  4. HAT MEASUREMENT.

    Very 7'few people are aware of the height of a hat. A good deal of fun may be oreated by testing it in this way Ask a person to point out on a wall, with a stick, about what he supposes to be the height of ...

    Article : 95 words
  5. THE DISENTANG CISSOES.

    Faeten a pie of cord to a pair of scissors as shown in Fig. 1, and both ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 128 words
  6. THE MAGIC EGG.

    Take a pint of water and dissolve in it as much common salt as it will take up; with this brine half fill a table glass, then fill up the remaining space with plain water, pouring it very carefully down the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 194 words
  7. PILE A CONE.

    Prepare a small cone, about the height of your middle finger, and an inch and a half round the base. Then make a paper horn which fits it exactly, and oovers it entirely; you are now in a position to ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 224 words
  8. ENIGMA.

    Hurrah King Christmas"now is here, Bedeck'd with mistletoe and holly; "Wo'll greet him with the best of cheer, And banieh care and melancholy. ...

    Article : 99 words
  9. Christinas Tricks and Games.

    You undertake to make a person so tired by at tempting to carry a small stick out of the room as to be unable to accomplish it, although you will add nothing to his burdon, nor lay any restraint upon his ...

    Article : 123 words
  10. TO REHOVE A KEY FROM A DOUBLE STRING WHICH IS HELD IN A PERSON'S TWO HANDS WITHOUT HIS'BEING ABLE TO PREVENT IT.

    Place a key upon a double string and let a person hold the two ends over his thumbs, as in Fig. 1, A B, ' or let two. persons hold the string one end over a thumb of each. Now, without moving either end of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 374 words
  11. DECEPTIVE VISION.

    Stick a fork in the wall, about four or five feet from the floor, and on the end of it place a cork as shown in Fie. 1. Then toll some person to place his fore finger by the side of the cork; when he has ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 96 words
  12. Christmas Charades and

    The answers to these will be given in our next week's issue. ...

    Article : 18 words
  13. THE APPAKENT IMPOSSIBILITY.

    You profesS yourself able to show any person what he never saw, what you never saw, and what after' you two have seen, nobody else ever shall see. After requesting the company, to guees this riddle, ...

    Article : 115 words
  14. CHARADES.

    My first I hope you are My second I see you are And my whole you always shall be My first the man will sometimes take ...

    Article : 1,083 words
  15. CURIOUS ILLUSION.

    Take a piece of pasteboard, about 5 in square, roll it into a tubo with one end just large enough to fit round the eye, and the other ond rather smaller. Hold the tube between the thumb and finger of the ...

    Article : 155 words
  16. ONE MARBLE ON TWO.

    Cross the fore and middle finger of a person whose eyes are closed, and place a marble in such position that|it touches the extremities of both fingers. Then move the fingers on the marble and the person will ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 56 words
  17. THE THAUMATROPE.

    ThE name is dorivod from two Qrook words, one of which signifies wonder, and the other to turn. It is founded on the well-known principle in opties that an impression made on the retina of the eye lasts for a ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 241 words
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