Borrow a coin and have it marked. Then take it between the fingers and thumb of the left hand, as in the pass (Fig. 3), having previously secreted the substitute in the palm of the right. Now take the coin in the right hand, and in so doing drop the substitute into the palm of the left, which you immediately close, and remark, “You have all seen me take the coin visibly from the left hand. I will now make it return invisibly.” Saying this, you appear to throw the marked coin into the left hand, really palming it, and showing your own, which every one takes to be the original borrowed one. You may now proceed with the trick in question, disposing of the marked coin as may be necessary. Let the student practice faithfully the steps here given. He shall then be prepared to make practical use of them, as we shall endeavor to show in the next paper. THE OLD TRUNK This department we believe is destined soon to become one of the most popular features of the magazine. Not only shall we spare no pains upon our part, but we also earnestly ask your co-operation in providing puzzles of all shapes and descriptions to bewilder and tangle the most ingenious of intellects. To each of the first three persons who shall correctly solve all the following puzzles, we will give a year’s subscription to Young Folks Magazine, to be sent to any desired address. ZIGZAG 1. A plant, but better known as a beverage. 2. To cross out. 3. An instrument for pounding. 4. A kind of ointment. 5. Reddish-brown. 6. To flee from danger. 7. To breathe out. 8. A planet. When these words of six letters are correctly guessed and placed in the order given, from 1 to 8 will spell the name of a common mineral found in rocks. . . . 1 . . . . . . 2 . . . . 3 . . . . . . 4 . . . . 5 . . . . . . 6 . . . . 7 . . . . . . 8 . --_Frank F. Rider_ ENIGMA I am composed of sixteen letters: My 2, 9, 6, 8, 16, 12, is a very small but useful household implement. My 5, 4, 10, 11, 1, 15, is another implement, very common in the school-room. My 13, 14, 7, 3, is the part of a person closely in touch with both. My whole is a building known throughout the land. --_Samuel Baird_ BIRD PIE Gtkinle, Yulbeaj, Orinb, Rildbbake, Rwco, Doshwhurot. --_J. F. Stokes_ ENIGMA I am composed of seventeen letters: My 4, 9, 10, 12, grows on an evergreen tree. My 11, 1, 14, 5, is a small valley. My 8, 15, 16, 5, is to grow less. My 17, 3, 7, is a noise. My 2, 1, 6, 13, is the home of a wild animal. My whole is a book which you have all, doubtless, enjoyed. --_E. L. Barnes_ DIAGONAL When the following words of eight letters are guessed correctly and placed one above the other in the order given, so as to form a square, the diagonal from the upper left-hand corner to the lower right will spell the name of one of the most important battles of the Revolution: