The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-04-06

are shown three silver vases. two tall
and one short. the corners Of the two
tall vases being attached to tubes,
which fit into the vases like the
cylinders are drawn out, and the ma
gician shows. by measuring the in
terror with his baton, that the vases
are empty IL their proper depth.
>" they are at that moment, but
when with = great show he plunges
them into the berries AMI beans. he
presses his fng-. upon q spring in the
hollow Of the vases stand. false but
tom Is released and flies up - rs to
leave only about third If the depth
free. This is what holds the berries
and beans. When the cylindrical
cover is put ON. an inner tube. which
has been filed with hot coffee or milk
previous to the whole s2psratus be-
ing brought on the stage. presses upon
the beans and forces them down 10
the lower third o! the Vase. II might
have been observed bv the sharper
eve that HERMANN. before disclosing
the change from the solid to the fluid
contents o: the vase. turned the loss
on the top Of the cover. That turn
set the cylinder containing the milk
free, Ia remain Ia the vase. The
whole cover is then pulled up and the
milk is poured from the third tube.
which fits SO clos-iy into the vase as TO
he undetected. excep, under close oh
servation. Precisely the same mcdus
operandi gives US the hot coffee. The
central and smaller vase is fille.l, an
parently. with bran. In reality i, i.
but half filled with bran. and that
lying in sort Of cup which fits into
the vase. whilst beneath it, piled
upon
A FALSE BOTTOM woEKED Ey A
srEING,
sugar. When the cover j. nut ON
the bran il grasIs the cup containing
il. and when the cover IL lifted il
brings away both cup and bran.
The pressure upon The sugar b-ing
thus relieved d.. spring opens ,nd
pushes il IT, the tap. where il lies H.
giittering cuhcs The inexhan>,ibl.
hottie. from which any liquor i.
poured that NAV he asked fur, has
always been l""s-.l upon Is u y"mi
trick. To do it. all that Is required i,
u prepared bottle. digi:sI agility AMI
Il go"d memory. The bottle i, pro
pared by having an interior with five
divisions maze for il. which has Ia
fit exactly and which l. shaped like 80
many radii proceeding from Common
centre. Coming up io the neck five
holes are bored through the glass. O r.
one over each Of the spaces between The
divisions. The divisions are then
filled with FIVE diiierent liquors. and
the fingers PLAYING upon the different,
holes in the neck, allow Of the escan.
only Of that liquor contained in the
division into which the air passes bv
the removal of the finger from the
orifce. Should any liquor be de-
manded that the bottle does not coli
tain. two ar three of those IL doe. mr..
mixed by the removal "f two or three
fingers. and niniy -niEe times out of
hundred tine drInker is under the i'm.
preston that he swallows what h.
ask for. \ number of other tricks
are interesting aud could he a easily
explained. but the limits Of a news
raPer article have 10 be respected.
Enough, however. has been said 10
show that the modern conjurer in. |
v"kes th" same wonder-working spirits
to his aid that our men Of sc'e,ce
le,ifimatelv employ in the pr. e. u
tion of their studies.