Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-11-25


eight thousand and three men and
8 2 queen
ninety-two women.
Hence this trick Is said to be done
'by words!'
The pack being arranged, It may be
handed to any of the company ito cut"
with the proviso that this operation be
done whist fashion-that is. by taking
a portion of the cards of in a mass
and placing the lower division on what
was before the upper one. This done
fairly and properly, 1t may be repeated
any number OF times, rs the audience
may think At. You then take the pack
and by feint catch sight of the bot
tom card. Having learned this Ut may
be done at a glance, in second Of
time). you have the key to the whole
trick. Then commence 1t by dealing
the cards out in the ordinary way, but
in thirteen heaps. Having dealt out
thirteen, begin again and cover them;
then go on as before. When finished
there will be Of course four in each
heap. Now every heap will contain all
lOuT vi ltle Sdtnc uS tl0
four knaves in one heap, the four sew
ems in another, and SO on. The thir-
teenth, or last heap. will be of the same
denomination as the one at the bottom
which you have contrived to see, and,
according to Whatever that card is, all
the suits will follow, but in the reverse
order, as the words above indicate.
Thus suppose the eight was the bottom.
card. Then on dealing them out they
would be in the following order: King.
8, q !, a, g. queen, 2, 8, knave, 8. 10, 8.
and you begin reciting in the mind the
words you use from that passage in the.
sentence, working from right to left,
which the card indicates In the above.
You would say:
Eight thousand and three men and
queen g
ninety-two women; sixty-fourth
5
regiment beats the seyenty-ffth; up
king
starts the king with, etc. Here. of
course, is your starting point.
L ne S1AaC hOlu6 SOtu WhuGs
ever the card may be. Any person nsk-
ing for a card, all four of every suit
may be found in the same heap and
can be quickly turned up MS soon as re-
quired with little practice, to the ut
ter establishment and wonder of the
company.
By taking up the cards in the same
order as before. but all Of one suit, you
may easily discover the position Of any
one card that is demanded
a fine trick with cards is called .'thir-
ty-one." 1t is played with the first six
of each suit, the aces in one row, the
deuces in another, the threes In anoth-
er, then the tours. ives and skies, all
laid in rows. The object now will be
to turn down cards alternately and en-
deayor to make 81 points by SO turning
or as near to 1t as possible without
overrunning 1t. and the one who turns
down a card the spots of which make
him 81 or SO near 1t that the other cam
not turn down one without oyerrun-
ming 1t wins. This trick is very >deceiv-
ing, Us all other tricks are, and re-
quires much practice to be well under
stood. The chief point is to count SO us
to end with the following numbers
viz, 3, 10, II or "a. For example. we
will suppose 1t your privilege to COM
mence with 3 and your adversary
would add G. which would make 1t 8.
It would then be your policy to add 1
and make 10. Then. no matter what
number he adds. he cannot prevent
you counting II. which number gives
you the command of the trick. We will
suppose he adds 9 and makes 10. Then
you add and make II; then he adds 9
and makes 90. you add and make a.
Then he cannot possibly add my num-
Der to count 81, us the highest number
he can add is 9. which would only
count 80. so that you can easily add the
remaining ] :. or ace, and make 81.
There are. however, many variations to
| the trick.
A clever way is here given in which
to discern one or more drawn cards.
Turn unperceived the bottom card of a
pack face upward; then let several Of
the company draw cnrd. Reverse the
pack rapidly. SO that the bottom is now
the top card. and thus all the other
cards are turned face upward unseen
~ the spectators.
Hold the pack firmly In your fingers
and request those who have drawn to
replace their cards In the pack Thus
all the drawn cards will lie with their
faces downward. while all the other
cards will lie with their faces upward.
You now step aside, select the drawn
cards and show them to the company.
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