ht. Then it is placed upon the floor within two
feet of the wall. Each player is provided with the same number of
marbles (from three to five, or as many as the players wish), and from
the opposite side of the room he rolls at the board, the object being
to roll through the arches, which have numbers immediately above them
in the manner shown. The one making the most counts after rolling all
the marbles is entitled to one game. Or, if you have but five or six
marbles, each party rolls the whole number by himself, and should there
be a tie between those who make the highest aggregate number, they must
roll again, the one then having the highest tally winning the game.

THREE-ARCH DISCOUNT-GAME.

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This board is as wide and thick as the other, but is only eighteen
inches in length. The center arch is four inches wide, the two small
ones three inches each. In playing, each boy rolls from four to ten
marbles each, every marble that passes under the center arch counting
forty; if the marble goes through either small arch, twenty is deducted
from the count, or, as the boys say, is "counted off" each time. So, if
you are not a good shot, it is likely you will lose more than you will
gain. In this, or the previous game, if you fail to pop your marble
through any arch, it is lost.

THE TEN-BLOCK COUNT-GAME.

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You are to make ten blocks of wood, each about one inch square; upon
one side of each you mark the figure 0; on the other sides the numbers
10, 20, 30, 40, and 50, the 50 being upon the side opposite the 0. The
blocks are placed upon the floor or carpet in the form of a half
diamond, as shown. The in each case being placed upward, each player
rolls four marbles singly at the blocks, the object being to hit as
many of them as possible. When done, count the numbers on the upper
sides of all the blocks, and replace them for the next player. It is a
lively game.

SWINGING-BLOCK COUNT-GAME.

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This is but a modification of the block-game just described. A common
pin or tack is driven partly into one side of a block, which is
connected by a string with a little strip of wood above. Instead of
making side-pieces for supports, two chairs can be used, letting the
strip rest upon the seat or lower rounds. Each block has the same
number upon every side, and is hung so that the bottom is about
one-quarter of an inch from the floor. When a marble strikes a block it
swings a l