170 HOME AMUSEMENTS.

FLOATING METAL.

Lay gently on the surface of water some small fine
needles, and they will float.

 

CURIOUS TRANSPOSITION.

Take a glass of jelly, and place its mouth downward,
just under the surface of warm water in a basin: the jelly
will soon be dissolved by the heat, and being heavier
than the water, it will sink, while the glass will be filled
with the water in its stead.

 

PROFIT AND LOSS.

A may purchased ninety-six apples at the rate of three
a penny, and likewise the same number at two a penny;
he sold them again at five for two-pence; did he gain or
lose?

He lost: for as the ninety-six apples at three a penny
cost 2s. 8d. and the ninety-six at two a penny 4s., the
sum he laid out was 6s. 8d. Now, after he had sold
thirty-eight twopennyworths, for which he received 6s.'4d.,
he had but two apples remaining, and therefore he lost
a fraction above 33d.