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SCIENTIFIC RECREATIONS. 



with diamond eyes and articulated jaws. The rabbit is also gold, and 

 carries two small drumsticks, with which he can play a tiny bell. This 

 device also can be worn as a scarf-pin. 



A conducting wire leads from the pin into the waiscoat pocket, where 



. small " pile," about the size of a cigarette, is hidden away. If any one 

 particularly admires the scarf-pin, all you have to do is to insinuate your 

 fingers into your pocket, and you will, by contact, cause the electric -current 

 to act upon the pin in your scarf. The death's head will at once begin to 

 roll its eyes and grind its teeth, while the rabbit, under similiar circumstances, 

 will begin to play its bell with the greatest energy. 



