Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-06-19

ting up an excitement. After it has
been sitting quietly on the stand or ia
BILE. and being admired by your unsus-
pecting friends, it will be suddenly. and
without warning, make wild leap into
the air and land under the table or in
somebody's lap, creating regular panic
all around. Then there is cigar case
that is one of the best practical Jokes Of
the season. To all appearances it is an
ordinary cigar case made in imitation OF
real leather. Ask your friend to have q
cigar, at the same time handing him the
case. As he attempts to open it an ugly
looking gorilla, six inches in height,
suddenly pops up instead of the expect.
ed cigar. Another trick novelty in the
cigar line consists of light, strong
metal shell, the size and shape and color
of a cigar. It has spiral spring CON
cealed within, that may be released at
the will Of the operator by slightly
pressing trigger that is attached to the
small end. One end of the spring is
permanently fastened in the shell, and
the other end, which is projected when
released, has cork attached to retain it
in the shell. Whep the spring is re-
leased it will fly out from twelve to fif-
teen inches with a whirring, rafting
noise, so quickly that while the person
toward whom it is pointed can see some
thing coming and hear it, he can not
tell just what has happened until after
he has seen it and made lively effort to
dodge it.
"a magic nail is another interesting
little trick article. A common nail is
shown, and without a moments heeita-
ton the performer forces it through his
finger. The finger can be shown with
the nail protruding from both sides.
The illusion is SO perfect that the specta-
tor will be satisfied that the wound is a
genuine one. The next instant the
nail can be Withdrawn for examination
and the finger shown without cut, scar
or wound. In another trick you exhibit
neat and pretty windmill which you
blow with the greatest ease, remarking
that the mill is enchanted and will only
work at your command. Then hand it
to any one with the request to try it.
The moment he tries it he receives a
startling salute, and finds lips, chin, nose
and cheeks decorated with black or white,
as the case may be. This has often
been used with excellent effect by store
keepers who wish to get rid of loungers.
It is placed on the counter or showcase,
and most naturally some idle curiosity
seeker will pick it up and blow on it
with a result that will cause him to re-
treat. Agood trick is done with card
which you can change into a full-blown
rose by simply transferring it from one
hand to the other.
"What is new in trick cards?"
"The wizards pack. This is a full
pack, apperantly the same as an ordinary
pack, but with which wonderful and ap-
parently impossible tricks can be per-
formed. These are not done by legerde-
maine or slight of-hand. The secret is
in the cards. Among these card tricks
are the following: Acard may be drawn,
shuffied in the pack and cut the first
time; card may be blown from the
pack after having been drawn, re-
turned and shuffled; the two colors
of the pack divided by one cut; the card
discovered under a handkerchief; six per-
sons may draw a card each, shuttle them,
an ! Immediately after the performer at
once produces them, pulling them rapidly
out of the pack, one after the other; the
performer may leave the room, and in
his absence card may be drawn which
he on his return at once picks out of the
pack"