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AMUSING EXPERIMENT WITH TOOTH-PICKS.
Take five tooth-picks, weave them together, as seen in the illustration, which perhaps is easiest done by holding the three diverging ones between the thumb and forefinger of the left hand at the point a, and insert the other two successively, first b, then c. Now lay the figure upon any flat surface, letting the end c extend a short distance beyond the edge. If you touch a lighted match to c, in a moment each stick will leap into the air as if suddenly endowed with life and animation, quite unusual in such inert objects.
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HOW TO CUT TOPS FROM GLASS BOTTLES.
A glass bottle when freed from its top can be utilized in many ways, and most boys will be glad to know how to get rid of this troublesome portion without smashing the whole thing into fragments.
A red-hot poker with a pointed end is the instrument used. First make a mark with a file to begin the cut; then apply the hot iron, and a crack will start, which will follow the iron wherever it is carried. This is, on the whole, simple, and better than the use of strings wet with turpentine, etc.
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