The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-01-18
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WINTER HOUSEHOLD GAMES,
4, Few Innocent Tricks for the
amusement Of the Home Cir

WINTER HOUSEHOLD "AMhS'
Few Innocent Tricks for the
Amusement Of the Home Cir
From III, Augusta chronIelc.l
Now that tho winter is upon US the lit
tcfolks want something new in the way
Of fresidc entertainments.
THE cANDLETRIcK
One Of the simplest tricks in thii
department Of tireside entertainments Il
The candle trick. Take common candle
in a brass candlestick, light II, and let il
stand until ithas a good head on. Then
lei one Of the cllildren-a boy about fonr'
teen years old is best-take the candle
shake the grease from around thc wieH,
and opening his mouth very wac, s'Ic :
the candle In it, Immediately closing ms
Iins. The candle will not go out, but
Will shine through the boys dIstened
checks with rudy glow. no" IL. I tIu
Under the chin. The candle will DO OBJ.
served to 20 out Immediately, or at least
will come out Just as soon as the boy can
W., W. liz tceth out Of the tallow. This will
~ sSscb tbe boy who swallows the candle
norrr 10 attempt uncertain tricks when
hi. father is ucan enough to play prae-
Teal Jokes on his own children. The
other children will appreciate the lesson.
THE ECO TRICK.
Procure large egg, Brahma eggs are
the best, and on the large end draw n
cross with lead pencil, and on the oPpo-
,itc end draw smaller cross in ink.
Place the cgg-after showing the children
the marks and permitting them to ex-
anime it carefully, so they will know il
the next time they sec it-upon the head
Of the oldest boy present, or, If there Is q
grandfather handy with bald head,
balance the egg on his head. Then let
one Of the company take a large book
and sec il he can strike the egg hard
enough to break it. To the surprise OF
everybody the egg will be suppressed at
the trst blow. Then you can show the
person on whose head It was balanced the
two crosse. marked on the shell to prove
that it was the same egg that he saw in its
entirety, but he will probably be too cross
to have much interest in the matter.
This is not very difficult trick, and can
be quite easily learned, but care should
be exercised in the selection Of the egg.
An egg that had been manufactured be-
fore the war would DO apt to create an
unpleasantness il it should be used in the
trick.
TIE DOG TRICK.
This trick is not always easy 10 be
performed, on account OF the necessity Of
Introducing strange dog into the family
circle. You must entice strange dog,
the more unsociable the better, into the
room. Then let one Of tho company take
hold Of its ears and hold the dog still
while another ties its tail in bow.knot.
II the dog has been properly trained and
does his part OF the trick promptly there
will be four or five legs in that room chuck
full Of dogs teeth before the FIRST wrinkle
is laid in that knot. This will teach the
children to let dogs tail retain the
shape which nature has given it. Any
dog Of ordinary sagacity can be taught to
perform this trick in two or three day.
practice. A terrier is generally consid
cred better for this experiment than u
bulldog, because it doesn't hold on SC
long and knows when he has had enough.
TIE CHAIR TRICK.
You can derive u never-ending fund Of
amusement by properly improving u COM
mon chair, With IN ordinary handsaw
cut off about an inch and half Of the
right front leg OF the chair and about the
same length from the left hind leg. Then
keep the chair in u conspicuous place.
No matter which OF the short legs it may
rest upon when anybody sits down in it,
it will Immediately keel on the other one,
and the party using it will wall and shrek
in the liyelicst terror. No house should
be without one OF these chairs. They will
be found very useful in the case of visi-
,ors who drop in about dinner time.