HOW TO GET A HEAD-ACHE.
Naturalists state that snakes, when in danger, have been known to swallow each other; the above three snakes have just commenced to perform this operation. The snakes are from the same “hatch,” and are therefore equal in age, length, weight, &c. They all start at scratch—that is, commence swallowing simultaneously. They are twirling round at the express rate of 300 revolutions per minute, during which time the circumference is decreased by 1 inch.
We would like our readers to tell us what will be the final result? Heads or tails, and how many of each?
[4.] A man sold two horses for £100 each; he lost 25 per cent. on one, and gained 25 per cent. on the other. Was he “quits”; or did he lose or gain by the transaction; and, if so, how much?
A GOOD CARD TRICK.
The performer lays upon the table ten cards, side by side, face downwards. Anyone is then at liberty (the performer meanwhile retiring from the room) to shift any number of the cards (from one to nine inclusive) from the right hand end of the row to the left, but retaining the order of the cards so shifted. The performer, on his return, makes a little speech: “Ladies and gentlemen, you have shifted a certain number of these cards. Now, I don’t intend to ask you a single question. By a simple mental calculation I can ascertain the number you have moved, and by my clairvoyant faculty, though the cards are face downwards, I shall pick out one corresponding with that number. Let me see” (pretends to calculate, and presently turns up a card representing “five”). “You shifted five cards and I have turned up a five, the exact number.”