Inter-Mountain Farmer | 1902-06-24 | Page 9 | A Bit of Parlor Magic

A BIT OF PARLOR MAGIC. Cut from a fourfold piece of paper an annw shipeil llkf the Illustration, then pi ice tho an w on tho point of , a needle, icrtlcnlls situated In a cnik, at Its center purt marked X, but without causing the net! He to, plerco tho paper, after tho cross him both rrop"ilS bilanced on the needle, cover the wholo with a common glass, thui-oughly thui-oughly dried Now get a tlrs- woolen cloth, nnd by placing your hand ot linger on top of I fi n IIJ h'A.J I & the glass to Insure Its steadiness, rub the cloth brlskl up nnd down tho glass lit a point between the points ot the cross and tn pointed end of the. cross will slowly but surely move to-wind to-wind oi revolve on tho needle until It points to the place on tho glass whero the cloth Is being rubbed The, point of the cross Is attracted by the electricity which Is generated by rubbing tho glass with tho woolen cloth.