No. CVIII.—THE CAPTIVE SCISSORS
Fasten a pair of scissors securely with a piece of string to some convenient article, as is shown in this diagram:—
Can you release them without cutting or unfastening the string?
90. A BURIED QUOTATION
“What sin was it, sonny?” said an American negress to her lover, when she sat on his best hat, which was flattened. Wearily he heard her musical laugh, and arose to go. His hobby was botany, but not hers, for she was then a merry girl. “Bother the flowers! I would prefer this mellow pine-apple, Leonidas,” she said; “I guess we Ethiopians just love fruit!”
No. CIX.—A PRIMITIVE TRAP
This diagram represents in the simplest outline a primitive wolf-trap.