The morning call., 1890-12-07
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READING HIDDEN VALUES.

-Four packets OF cards having been formed
| face downward On the table, discover the
| total value OF the undermost cards.
| TINS trick should be performed with the
| plquet pack Of thirty-twO cards, which is the
ordinary pack with the deuce, tray, four.
| five and six of each suit left out. Invite one
| of the spectators to select privately any four
cards and to place them separately, face
| downward, upon the table; then. counting
| an ace as eleven, court card as ten and anV
| other card according 10 its usual value, place
| upon each OF these four so many cards as.
| added 10 its value thus estimated shall me- Ike
fifteen. Value is TO be taken into considera-
| ton only with the original four cards, those
placed on them counting as one each, what
| ever they may happen To be. When the forr
heaps are complete advance to the table and
observe how many cards are left over and
above those placed in the two heaps, To
this number mentally add thirty-two. The
total Will give the aggregate value of the
four lowest cards, calculated as above mem
toned. Should there be no cards left over
the total value of the lower cards will be
thlrty-twc, but should there be an INSULT
cient number of cards 10 complete the four
heaps ascertain the number lacking aud
substract it from thirty-two. This can ONLY
occur, however, when the four sevens hap
pen to be the undermost cards.
PLACING AN UNKNOWN CARD.
person having thought of a certain card.
and noted It's position In the pack, the per-
former can make that card appear at such
number in the pack as another person shall
name
Permit the pack to be shuflled and cut as
freely as the company may please Offer the
pack to any of the spectators and request
linn to look over the cards, to think of any
one OF them and to remember the number at
which it stands in the pack, reckoning from
the bottom card upward. Then ask another
person to ascertain privately from the first
one the original number in the pack at which
the card stands, and then to mention another
number, higher than the first at W hich he
would like the card to appear. Suppose, for
instance, that the second number decided
upon shall be %. Then count off twenty
five cards from the bottom of the pack and
place them on the top, or count off from the
top OF the pack the difference between the
number chosen and the total number of the
cards, ffty-two, and place them on the bot
tom; it is immaterial which method is
adopted Now ask the number a: which the
card originally stood, which, for example,
was numDer 10, saying that you intend to
commence your counting with that number.
Begin to count from the top of the pack,
calling the first card On this instance 10, The
next II, and so on. When you come TO the
second number selected, in this case %, the
card found at that number will Invariably
be the one thought of.
HOW MANY WERE MOVED.
row of cards being placed face down.
"aIo ou the tapie, lhulcate oy turning up
one Of them how many cards have during
your absence been transferred from one end
OF the row to the other.
This trick requires row of fifteen cards,
placed face downward upon the table, the
hrst ten cards having been prearranged in
the following manner: First ten, then
nine. then an eight, and so on down to the
ace, inclusive. The suits are of no conse-
quence. The eleventh should be some court
card. This card, in the process which fol-
lows, will stand for 0. When the fifteen
cards are placed their arrangement will
therefore be as follows:
10, 9. 8, Z, 6, 8. 4, 8, q 1. 0, *.*,*,*,
The four asterisks representing any four
Indifferent cards. Offer 10 leave the room.
and invite the audience during your alb.
sence to remove any number of cards, not
exceeding ten, from the right-band end of