PLEASANT FOR JIM.
Small Boy. "Oh-ow-ow! Look out, Jim—here is a great b-b-b-big Bull-dog coming at us!"
MORE MIRTHFUL MAGIC.
BY W. B. BARTLETT.
THE BOOK PUZZLE.
The player agrees to let any person in the room turn over as many books, one at a time, as desired, while he is out of the room, and promises to tell you, upon his return, which book was turned over last. He goes out, and comes back when the person who turned the books says, "Come in." When he opens the door, he says, "You must stay outside while I find out, so no one will suspect us of being in league with each other." The one who turned the books is then shut out, and the other selects any thin book, and leans it against the door, and says, "Come in." As the door is opened, of course the book is turned over on the floor, and the victim is told, "That is the last book you turned over."
THE NEWSPAPER TRICK.
Take a common newspaper or handkerchief, and request any one of the company to place it on the floor so that two persons can stand upon it at the same time, and neither be able to see or touch the other.