SIMPLE MATCH TRICK.
A SIMPLE MATCH TRICK.
To lift three matches by means of one, it is necessary to make an incision in the end of a match and insert the pointed end of a second match into this incision. Place them on the table, with a third match resting against them for a support, as shown at the left of the [figure]. Then present a match to any one who may be looking on, and ask him to raise the three together by means of the match in his hand.
The solution is given at the right of the [figure].
Bear lightly against the two matches that are joined until the third falls against the one held in the hand. Then raise it, and all three will be lifted together. Although this trick, which we find described in a French paper, “Le Chercheur,” is probably as ancient as the art of making matches, our juvenile readers may find it of interest, and possibly it may afford them a half hour’s amusement at recess time.
CRYSTALLIZED ORNAMENTS.
A beautiful ornament, which is very easily made, consists of a wooden cross covered with canton flannel, with the nap side out, and crystallized by immersion in a solution of alum. The nap retains the crystals so that they are not readily loosened or detached. The flannel should be attached to the wood by means of brass wire nails, and the cross should be suspended in a solution formed by dissolving a pound of alum in a gallon of warm water. The cross should be suspended in the solution while it is still warm and allowed to remain in until the solution cools, when it will be found covered with bright crystals.