is another game that has grown into popularity in the United States.
It is said to have originated in Ireland, where regular courts are
built for it, but it can be played in any place where there is a high
brick wall with a smooth open space in front.
When the ball is put in play there is a grand rush. The runner with
the ball is surrounded by friends who try to force their way through
the opposing line.
good deal of wonderment
This is a simple little parlor trick, but will sometimes occasion a
good deal of wonderment. Procure three dimes of the same issue, and
privately stick two of them with wax to the under side of a table, at
about half an inch from the edge, and eight or ten inches apart.
Announce to the company that you are about to teach them how to make
money. Turn up your sleeves, and take the third dime in your right
hand, drawing particular attention to its date and general appearance,
and indirectly to the fact that you have no other coin concealed in
your hands. Turning back the table cover, rub the dime with the ball
of the thumb backward and forward on the edge of the table. In this
position your fingers will naturally be below the edge. After rubbing
for a few seconds, say: ‘It is nearly done, for the dime is getting
hot,’ and, after rubbing a moment or two longer with increased
rapidity, draw the hand away sharply, bringing away with it one of the
concealed dimes, which you exhibit as produced by the friction.
Leaving the waxed dime on the table, and again showing that you have
but one coin in your hands, repeat the operation with the remaining
dime.
greatest source of joy to the youth with a sure eye and a steady
hand
The Peg Top is, after all, the King of the top family, and the
greatest source of joy to the youth with a sure eye and a steady
hand. The ‘Plugger’ is the top you spin; the ‘bait’ is the top you
strike with the plugger. A ‘Giggler’ is an unsteady top that goes
dancing and hopping about. Boys love their ‘old reliable taw’ in
marbles, but their pride in this is never so great as that which they
take in a conquering plugger. This should have what is known as a
screw peg, which prevents splitting. It can be made, but on the whole,
I think it better to buy the pegs.
peculiar war cry, ‘Ya-kee,’ which is produced like the Australian coo-
ee
The Yaqui Indians of northern Mexico take their name from their
peculiar war cry, ‘Ya-kee,’ which is produced like the Australian coo-
ee. I have heard this thrilling cry for a distance of over one mile in
the Sierra Madre mountains.
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The player that fails to follow the leader”s example becomes ‘it.’ On
the third turn the leader shouts: ‘Hats on deck,’ and he places his
cap on First Back”s shoulders and goes over without knocking it off.
The next player places his cap on top of the leader”s and goes over.
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