The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-10-13
MAGICAL ILLUSIONS.
Pittsburg Dispatch.

Pittsburg Dispatch.
 Some pleasing illusions can be pro- duced by the aid of chemicals. By wetting piece of fine loaf sugar with phosphorized ether, and throwing it into basin of water, the surface of the water will become luminous in the dark, and by gently blowing upon it phosphorescent undulations will be formed, which illuminate the air above the fluid to considerable dis tance. In winter the water must be rendered blood-warm. If the phos- phorized ether be applied to the haud or other warm objects it renders them luminous in the dark.
 Fix three pins in the table and lay piece of money upon them; then place heap of the flour of sulphur below the piece of money, add another above it and set fire to them. When the flame is extinct, you will find that 8 thin plate of metal has become de- tached from the coin, thus making two out of one.
 Dissolve camphor in spirits of wine and deposit the vessel containing the solution in close closet where the spirits of wine will evaporate. Ifany one enters the room with candle the air will infiame, making an effect as bright and sudden as lightning, but there is no danger whatever from this sparkling effect.
 To melt lead in piece of paper wrap up smooth ball of lead in pa- per, taking care that there be no wrin- kles in 1t, and that it be everywhere in contact with the ball; if it be held in this state over the flame of taper the lead will be melted without the paper being burnt. The lead, indeed being once fused, will not fail, in 8 short time, to pierce the paper and run through.
 A pretty trick is performed in this manner: Take 8 pin and dip into glycerine and mark on your arm any number whatever-say 1630-and let the marks remain. You must have 8 confederate, and, on joining 6 con- pany, suggest that some one write some number down. Your confeder- ate will quickly respond, writing the figures already on your arm on piece of paper. Let him exhibit it through out the crowd and burn it on 8 plate After telling the company that you propose to make the identical figures appear on your arm, rub the ashes of the paper on the spot where you had previously put the glycerine, and you will have the numbers of your confed- crate marked down on your arm in very bold letters.
 Take glass bottle; put into it some volatile alkali, in which has been dis solved copper filings, which will pro- duce blue color, looking like liquid of some kind. Ask some one to cork it while indulging in some pleasantly, and then call the attention of the con- pany to the liquid, when, to their as- tonishment, they will find that the supposed liquid has disappeared as soon as it was corked. You can cause it to resppear by simply taking out the stopper, and this change will ap- pear equally astonishing.
 A very funny trick is done in this way at very little expense. Put into crucible four ounces of bismuth, and, when in state of fusion, throw in two ounces and half of lead and one ounce and half of tin. These medi- cines will combine, forming an alloy, fusible in boiling water. Mold the alloy into bars and take them to sil- versmith to be made into teaspoons. Give one to stranger to stir his tea. As soon as the spoon touches the hot tea it will melt in his fingers, causing a great deal of merriment.
 To make a bird seem as dead take any bird out of the cage and lay it on the table, and wave a small feather over its eyes. It will appear as dead l; but directly you take the feather away it will revive again. Let it lay hold of the stem part of the feather with it's feet, and 1t will twist and turn about like parrot. You may also roll it about the table any way you like.