Show Walking Stick Will Follow Card and will stick as though glued to your face or to your clothes without your being able to shako It off Now electrify a sheet of thicker paper pa-per or a postal card and yoii will per ceive us in tho case of sealing WAX glass sulphur or resin that It will attract light bodies such as scraps of cork or little balls of elder pith Balance a walking stick on tho bach of a Chll and you may safely lay a wager that you will cause It to falloff fall-off wlUout touching It or even blow Ing ou It and without interfering with tho chair First dry your cardboard well be fore an opon fire then rub It energet ically OTJ your sleeve and present It to 00 of the extremities of the cane Tb walking stick will follow the care tu though the latter wore a magnet until Its equilibrium is upset and II will straightway tumble off the chair as you prophesied Instead of a walking cane you mat balance R fishing rod on the back of a chair or one of thoeo long bamboos that aro occasionally used as handle I for feather dusters Doth will follow the electrified card and the latter especially makes an effective expert mont that is clearly visible to every body present Magical Experiments |