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Amusing Tricks.The following may serve to while'.'away some long winter evenings: Can youplace a newspaper on the floor in such a way that two persons can Btand upon it and not be able to touch each other with their bunds? Answer — Yes; by putting the paper ii the doorway, one half inside and ibe other outside the room, and closing the door over it, two persons can easily stand upon it and still be beyond each other's reai h. Can you put one of your hands where the other cannot touch it ? Easily ; by putting one hand on the elbow of the other arm. Can you place a pencil on the tlx or in such a way that no one can jump over it? Yes; by placing it close enough to the wall of tbe room. Can you push a chair through a finger ring? Yes; by putting a ring on the finger and pushing the chair with the finger. Yon can put yourself through a keyhole by taking a piece of paper with the word yourseif1 written upon it and pushing it through the bole. You can ask a question that no one can answer with a “no,” by asking whai v.oes y-t s spell? You can go out of the room with two legs and return with sii by banging a chair a’ong with you.
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Sandersville Mercury
Sandersville, Georgia, US
Tue, Jul 31, 1883
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