OCR Text |
Show M Thimble Puzzle. 1 Hero 1b n now thlmblo puzzle, and H ' very different It is from tho ono which has proved such an attrnctivo Ofoaturo nt country fairs for tho past century or more. r As tho accompanying plcturo shows, Hi' its principal part is a box, on tho hot- H torn of which Is the representation of H j a human hand. Bossos or knobs, H which look llko ordinary Anger tips, H aro fixed on this hand, nnd in tho Vt box aro several thimbles, tho dlam- H f oters of which correspond with those H ' of the bosses. Tho thimbles are not B. attached to anything, and tho trick 'i consists in moving them so that they pia' will tako their oropor placos on the m ' finger tips. It looks easy, yet it is H . "- """ass qulto difficult, for the thimbles somo- B I f-hovr noam to Jinvo an aversion tor J 1' tho tips, and it takes an expert to H ' placo them quickly in their proper po- H sltlons. New York Herald. , - |