FAMILY FUN

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 21, 23 May 1907, Page 38

FAMILY FUN

Do you know (says an exchange; that it is possible to boil water without fire and without the use of any chemical ? All you have to do is to put the water in a pail— it may be ice water if you choose— and stir it with a wooden paddle ; if you stir long enough it will 1 come to a boil.' But just here is the crucial point of the operation— you will have to keep on stirring for about five hours. Boys and girls, therefore, are not advised to make the experiment unless they are in need of some strenuous exercise;" long drawn out. If any feel brave enough to try it, it might interest them to watch the gradual warming of the water until it gets so hot that the hand cannot be held in it, and finally begins to boil. Why is A like honeysuckle ? Because B fellows' it. Why is death like the letter E ? It is the end of lift , . What kind of a window resembles a star ? A skylight. ■ ' ' Why is the letter X like flour ? You cannot make cake without. Why is Gibraltar like a dose of medicine ? It is hard to take. Which is swifter, heat or cold ? Heat, because _, you can catch cold. Why is an author more free than a monarch ? Because he chooses his own subjects. Why is a seamstress always a deceptive woman ? Because she is never what she seams. Why are the houses of bald peofile the easiest to break into '! Because their locks are few. A man had twenty-six (twenty sick) sheep and one died ; how many remained ? Nineteen. What is the difference between a hill and a pill ? One is hard to get up, the other Is hard to get down. Whly is a candlemaker the_ most sinful and unfortunate of' men ? Because all of siis works are wicked, and all his wicked works are brought to light. A man and a goose once went up» in a balloon together ; the balloon burst and they landed on a church steeple. How did the man get down ? Plucked the goose. - ._ , i ,