Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-01-12
WOMAN AND HOME.
GAMES AND TRICKS TO AMuSE THE
YOUNG, AND OLD, TOO.

A wifes Five Ruies-Decorations for Home
and Personal Woman Detective-The
Beauties of the Emerald Isls-Some-
thing About the Children
A very popular trick with magicians, SAYS
The Pittsburg Dispatch is performed In this
way; Provide a book of plain paper, of what
ever thickness you please. Turn over seven
leaves from the beginning, and paint group
OF flowers; then turn over seven more leaves
and paint the same again, and so on until you
have turned the book through to the end.
Then paste a slip of paper to each Of the painted
leaves. Turn the book over again and paint
on every sixth leaf parrot, and then paste
slips upon them as you did upon the first
Proceed in this manner until you have painted
the cook full OF pictures of various sorts, tax
ing care one side of the leaves is left white
In giving the exhibition, run the leaves
through with the thumb, and it will appear
full ~ flowers; blow on it for effect and run
through again, and it will appear full of par
rots, and so on until the book seems to change
into the different pictures you have painted !;
then, quickly reversing the book, 1t will ap-
pear all blank pages. 1t takes a little time to
make one, but the effect Is really wonderful
and beautiful
Cover the mouth OF a wine glass with a
thin sheet of paper, over which scatter q
layer of fine sand The vibrations excited in
the air by the sound of a musical instrument
held within few inches of the paper will
cause the sand on the surface to form beauti-
ful and realistic figures as the music
changes.
To find number a person thinks of use
the following method: Let q person think
Of a number, say O. Tel him to multiply it
by s. Ask him then TO add l; then multiply by
8, then add TO this tho number thought Of
The result viii be GO. After he informs you
Of the entire amount, you strike off the last
number, which will leave 6, the original
nnmber. Another way is this: Suppose
the number thought of be o; let him double
It; then add 4, multiply by 9; add 10; multi
ply by 10. He then informs you the amount
produced. You must in every case subtract
$40 The remainder is, in this example, coo
Strike of the two ciphers and announce that
the number he thought of was 6.
By taking a long piece of wood, such as the
handle of Il broom, and placing a watch at
one end, the ticking viii be heard very dis
tinctly
By placing garden snail upon a piece of
glass it will produce, by drawing itself along.
very sweet music, similar to tho musical
glasses often heard. This sounds rather queer.
but just try it, and you have music equal to
the guitar
Provide a glass goblet about two-thirds
filed with water, draw fiddle bow across its
edge, and the surface of the water will ex-
hibit pleasing figure composed of fans, four,
six or eight in number, dependent on the
dimensions of the vessel, but chiefly on the
pitch If the noe produced. 1t makes pretty
effect.
If a person has an electric stool handy, a
very amusing trick can DO performed. Let
any one challenges gentleman not acquainted
with the experiment TO favor her with a
salute. The lady mounts the glass stool and
takes bold of a chair connected with the
prime conductor. Tho gentleman approaches
and attempts to imprint the seal of soft af-
lection upon her coral lips Then spark
will fly IN his face, which generally deters
him from his rash and wicked intention.
If person stands on the same stool the
electricity will pass from the conductor to
him, and If person touches him on the nose.
sparks Of Gre will issue from 1t to the great
amusement of the audience
Mix grain or two of potassium with an
equal quantity of sodium, add a globule Of
-quickeilver, and the three metals, when
shaken, will take fire and burn wildly.