The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-06-25
TRICK NOVELTIES.

TRICK NOVELTIES.
Tfihlng Articles That Delight the Avsraes
Practical Joker.
"New tricks for the boysp'' repeated
. dealer in sleight-of-hand articles in
reply to reporters inquiry yesterday;
Il should say so. There's no end to
them. There is q beautiful button hole
boquet, for instance. After placing il
in your coat button hole you call the at-
tention of friend to its beauty and
fragrance. Ut course he will step for
ward and smell of it, when to his a.
constituent q fine stream of water will
be thrown in his face. Where the wa
ter comes from is o mystery, as you
can have your hands at your side or be-
hind you and not touch the boquet in
any manner. Then there is q little
leaping monkey that is better than q
surprise party for making fun and get
ting up an excitement. After it has
been sitting quietly on the stand or table,
and being admired by your unsuspect-
ing friends, it will suddenly, and with
out warning. make q wild leap into the
air and land under the table or in
somebody's lap, creating q 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 imi-
tatiOn of real leather. Ask your friend
to have a cigar, at the same time hand
ing him the case. As he attempts to
open it an ugly-looking gorilla, six
inches in height, suddenly pops up in
stead of the expected cigar. Another
trick novelty in the cigar line consists
of light, strong metal shell, the size
and shape and color of cigar. 1t has
q spiral spring concealed within, that
may be released at the will of the
operator by slightly pressing a trigger
that is attached to the small end. One
end of the spring is permanently fasten-
ed in the shell and the other end, which
is projected when released, has a cork
attached to retain it IN the shell. When
the spring is released it will fly out from
twelve to fifteen inches with whirring,
rafting noise, SO quickly that while the
person towards whom it is pointed can
see something coming and hear it, he
can not tell just what has happened un-
til after he has seen it and made a lively
effort to dodge it.
"a magic nail is another interesting
little trick article. A common nail is
shown, and without moments hesita-
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 spec
tators will be satisfied that the wound
is a genuine one. The next instant the
nail can be with lrawn 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 re-
quest to try it. The moment he tries it
he receives 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 storekeepers who wish to get
rid of loungers. 1t is placed on the
counter or show case, and most natur-
ally some idle curiosity-seeker will pick
it up and blow on it with result that
will cause him to retreat. A good trick
is done with card which you can
change into full blown rose by simply
transferring it from one hand to tho
other"
"What is new in trick cards?"
1.-The wizards pack. This is a full
pack, apparently the same as an ordi-
nary pack, but with which wonderful
and apparently impossible tricks can be
performed. These are not done by
or slight-of-hand. The
secret is in the cards. Among these
card tricks are the following: A card
may be drawn, shuffled in the pack and
cut the first time; card may be blown
from the pack after having been drawn,
returned and shuffied; the two colors of
q pack divided by one cut; the card dis
covered under a handkerchief; six per-
sons may draw a card each, shuttle
them and Immediately after the per-
former 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 q card may be
drawn. which he on his return at once
picks out of the pack. IN y Mail
and Express.