The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-20
RAYSTIFIES WITH MARVELLOUS
W. ~ TRICKS AT CARDS.

plantation" said Senator Taliaferro, who
halls from Florida.
He borrowed a SO bill from Mr. Hale
and also repossessed himself Of the lemon.
The bill permitted the Maine statesman
to place in a handkerchief, which was
then tied up.
you are sure it is there?" asked Malini
Mr.. Hale grasped the handkerchief
tightly and said he could feel the crisp
note inside. The handkerchief was then
laid on a desk.
Malini borrowed a pocketbook, cut the
top off the lemon and away down in the
pulp was $40 bill, which the magician
dug out.
THAT is your money" said Malini to
Mr.. Hale.
''But how about the bill in the hand
kerchief?' asked the senator.
open the handkerchief yourself was
the reply. This was done, and the money
had disappeared.
II hate to spoil good trick continued
Senator Hale, "but before handing you
the bill 1 tore a piece off one Of the cor
ners so that I might know the bill which
you handed me back was the same one /
gave YOU
Have you the torn piece?' asked Ma
lini, undisturbed. YES? Then fit it to the
BILL This was done and the two pieces
matched exactly.
An ordinary pack of playing cards was
sent for and the seal broken in the pres
ence of the audience. Malini was blind
folded with a towel and the cards placed
in his hands.
Fooled Six Senator's at Once.
He~permitted six senators to select each
card, look at it and return it to the
pack. One of the senator's, at his re-
quest, made three piles of the cards on a
desk. Then Malini, borrowing a pocket
knife, began to mix the cards into in
describable confusion with it. Suddenly
he struck the blade through card
What was the first card taken?" he
asked.
Mine, the five of diamonds said Sen
ator Dubois. Malini exhibited the one
poised on the point of the blade and it
was the five of diamonds.
The five other cards were likewise pre-
them.
Representative sulzer had picked up
his derby hat to leave the room.
Excuse me, but there is something
inside your hat said Malini.
mo, there is not" said Sulzer, looking
hard.
"Your eyesight must be getting bad"
continued the prestidigitateur at the
same time drawing a whole brick, COW
cred with dry mortar from the derby.
NJ a ulIlIiCI given ny 9TOl. Alexander
Graham Bell, the inventor Of the teIe-
phone, Malini met the Chinese minister
After taking so many eggs from Mr.
Wus nose and eyes and mouth that the
diplomat was moved to cry enough and
declare that he was no chicken, Malini
had him select a card tear it I'D and
hand MIN all but one piece.
what was the card asked Malini.
1.-The five of diamonds, replied the
minister.
Would YOU" he said, turning to Sena-
tor Fairbanks, Ego into the library and
on page S55 of the dictionary bring his
excellency the card which he just tore
up?''
The Torn Piece Fitted.
Senator Fairbanks returned with a card
out of which a little piece was missing
Mr. WI fitted the bit of cardboard he
neld into the space, and it was seen
that it belonged there.
This trick never fails to make a hit
In Senator Hanna's home, where Ma
lini entertained the card was found in a
flower pot on second-story back porch
OF course it was highly improbable that
Malini had ever put it there
Speaking of Senator Hanna, Malini
made mis- acquaintance in a curious way.
He had been wandering through the
capitol, when he happened to drift into
the marble room. Some one who liked
a joke introduced the magician to the
OhiOan as a constituent in search OF an
office
Malini, after the fashion of office
seekers, grasped the senator by the lapel
button and became persistent Hanna.
wearying of his importuniings backed
away, and as ne did so there was a rip