Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-10-31
The siade.Peuc Trick

N. u. Conway writes 20 the Cincinnsi
me spiritual medium IA London: '.On the
second day OF the trial the spirltaslists were
evidently gloomy. SHADES counsel made
furious efforts Ia prevent, and falling that,
70 1nterTupt the testimony OF Msskel yne, the
professional conjurer. and IA good reason.
Tor the conJUrer msde ~ patent 10 every one
In me room that the table uset by the me
olofn WAS one arranged FOR business Also
tbst portlon OF 10 had been remor.f inst
before IL wac brought into court. When,
after the examination of the table in court.
MI. lewis asked that II might he impound-
ed, SHADES counsel protested saying thst
the defendant required % fur his Sesnces
Lewis darted his steely eye across aud said.
.Ah. though there are so many tables In
London, This particular one seems necessa-
~ 10 the performances At this the mis-
oner looked white and his COUNSEL req.
The conjurers explanation of The trick
was very amusing. 10 was doue, he
said, with 'Slade pencil that Is, a
bit OF pencil stuck In the end OF a thimble
and sDatohed mp benesth the sleeve ny an
elastic as soon as released nom the finger.
He showed that 10 was quite easy, ~ a reg
were under the lid or a table against which
TO press one end Of the slate, 10 support even
heavy slate with the thumb alone. leaving
81 the other fingers free. lie showed that
SHADES table was perfectly adapted for this.
and perform ed the trick In court with com
pete precision and ease. lie next showed
the care with which the marvelers were de-
celved. Having written with the slate under
ibe edge OF the table supported by one hand,
txsctly In SHADES style, THE spirits are
present" he proceeded 10 wipe the slate with
damp sponge, and then holding 10 up the
writing wac entirely oblitersted. Tue slate
~ss then held up, and In two or three min
utes the writing came back with It's original
clesrness, to the great amusement OF the
audience, and the CONSERVATION OF some, at
least, OF the humoler sptrituslists present"
NANDEREILT's GREAT RArLRoAp.-Na-
ture allowed Vanderbilt 10 live far beyond
our allotted three score and ten years rs m
willing 10 cOncede 70 bim the utmost license
ofllfe and enterprise. and IL is q remar ka uSe
faet that, In those additional years, the last
thirteen, he mas made the really great part of
MS fortune. III he had died at 20 he would
nave been worth only si.00O.O 600 or rs. 00O. 900.
he dies al s. worth SO, 600 900 or ESQ 600 600.
Nothing makes money like money. The
property OF Vanderbilt il almost en: irely In
railroad stocks and bonds-that is, In rail-
rcads-for the stock 10 the title and certificate
OF ownership. He owns something In the
railroad from Boston TO Albany, and In the
railroad nom Boston 70 New York. He
owne, with his son, about 600 600 out OF 900 coo
shares OF the New York Central and Hudson
River railroad, worth S60, 600 600, and paying
per cent. dividends with ease. The divi-
bends, therefore, on Nanderbilts interest In
this company amount 10 the monstrous rev
enue or s4,eOo,OOO a year. As freighs are
lower now than they have ever been and
railroad property more than ever subject %
az attack, II follows that this property "a
seldom or never likely TO cost less than At
present or 10 stand lower In the marke
". Y. Cor. Cincinnati RnqtareT.