The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-01

hat and place In II the cotton. announ-
cling thai you are making a nest for
your invisible hen OF course. while
placing the cotton In the hat. you will
also place the Eggs In with IL. they
being concealed in the cotton origin
ally.
Now, take one corner OF the handker-
chief in your teeth, and the other in
your right hand. stretching IL out and
grasping the middle Of the hem with
the left hand, where the silk thread IL
fastened. Fold the handkerchief verti-
cally in the middle. SO that the g will
be on the inside OF the fold. Then hold
ing the handkerchief folded. carefully
shake the blown egg out OF the hat.
Throw the handkerchief over the side
OF the hat next the spectators and draw
II toward you. across the hat. OF
course drawing put but underneath the
handkerchief. the blown egg attached to
the thread. Fold the handkerchief
again, as at first. and shake out an
other egg. Repeat this until you have
the correct number of egg in the hat.
when you deftly break the thread and
allow the audience to see the genuine
eggs In the nest. Without exception.
this is the best egg trick practiced. and
when cleverly done. as IL a be with
a little practice. creates no end OF as
constituent and mystihcation.
The s~piritualistic mediums have a
| great smoke trick. with which they have
~humbugged thousands. This is a chem
zeal trick, and very simple. A bucket
Of clear water Is brought into the room,
into which q dry sponge Is placed. Tn
sponge is saturated. n squeezed out
several times, to show there Is nothing
unusual about either IL or the water.
Then by aid Of spirit power. the medi-
ums claim, n as a manifestation OF
their presence. the pom Is again i'm
mersed and withdrawn. when dense
clouds of smoke. enough to fill the room.
emanate from IL. The water Is. really
a weak solution of ammonia In water.
In the sponge Is concealed a small glass
tube filled with muriatic acid and seal
ed securely. The immersion of the
sponge in the water produces no effect.
but when the smoke Is desired, IL In only
necessary to crush the little tub n
release the acid. the chemical reaction
does the rest.
Next ask for a marked coin; bor-
row half a dollar from some one and
ask the owner to mark IL. Then an
nounce that you will pass IL into n
through a glass filed with water.
through the table and into your own
hand under the table. To accomplish
this. have made a disk of ordinary
glass. exactly the size of half a dollar.
Borrow a handkerchief and throw IL
over the borrowed coin. ostensibly. but
really drop the coin into your own hand
and place the disk of glass in the hand
kerchief. Ask some one to hold the
supposed coin i'm the handkerchief. oar
the glass of water. He will feel the coin.
as he supposes. and at the word of COM
mand Will drop IL into the glass OF wa
ter. II will give forth a metallic ring
when IL strikes the bottom of the glass,
and will lie fiat and be invisible. As
soon as the tinkle OF the coin sounds in
the glass. the handkerchief Is jerked
away. the performers hand Is with
drawn from under the table. and in IL is
found the borrowed coin. This illusion.
afte- a little practice. can be perform
ed in a manner perfectly inexplicable
to all who see IL. The person who holds
the disk Of glass under the impression
that he holds the borrowed half dollar
is always ready to declare that he had
that coin up to the instant you COM
manded him to drop IL. and the shape of
the coin in the borrowed handkerchief.
over the glass OF water, is plainly seen
by every one. or course. the real coin
vas held by the magician I'm his own
hand, under the table. all the time.
Now to your friends that
you will show them a trick at gambling
with coins. Allow yourself to be blind
folded. and throw out half a dollar. ask
ing some one to spin IL and state that
you will tell whether IL falls heads or
tails each time. This you can do with
absolute certainty, and no one will be
able to fathom the mystery. OF course.
II such a trick were to be really applied
To gambling. the possessor of il would
be nothing short of a robber. To ac-
complish the result, secretly cut a niche
in the side of the milled edge of the
coin. Note whether the side cut Is
head" or tail" When the coin Is
spun, II IL falls upon it's smooth side. II
will continue to wobble a much longer
time before IL finally rests than IL il
falls upon it's niched side. A little pre-
er to distinguish which side is up, every
time.
This coin trick will introduce another
seemingly more mysterious, IL posi-
BILE. han its predecessors. Borrow a
number of coins. all OF the same size
and toss them into a hat. Then ASK
some one to select a coin n carefully
mark IL. When this is done. ask al
other person 20 hold IL tightly in his
hand. meanwhile. talk Interestingly. as
a bandage is being placed over your
eyes. When blindfolded. direct the per
son who has been holding the coin &c
toss II into the hat with the others and
mix them up well. Then place YOU
hand in the hat and pick up the marked
coin. II seems next to impossible to dc
this. but It is the simplest thing i'm.
aginable. for the coin that has beer
held for a minute or two, tightly clasp
ed in a hand, is warm; the others are
all cold.
The Columbus Egg is an old trick
yet few comparatively now how TO do
IL. Let all who care to try, essay &c
stand an egg upon it's end. They vii
fail. Take the egg. and with two al
three quick. sudden shakes. its yoll
will break and settle to one end II
will then be simple for you to stand II
upon its larger end.
To I'LL a glass full of water and turf
IL upside down without splitting any o.
the water. will prove a puzzling trick
when carefully performed. although il
is one hat will require a little prac
tice before public experiment ie made
Have a disk OF isinglass cut, to jus
cover the mouth of the goblet. Fill tn,
glass even full and when in the act o
turning Ii over. place the isinglass disl