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Show A SFHraTN"G HANDKERCHIEF. (Catholic Citizen.) This is an amusing and mysterious trick, but one easily managed. A short stick and a large handkerchief are required. re-quired. Throwing the handkerchief in air ,it is caught on the end of the stick and spun rapidly around in all directions, direc-tions, and thrown off the end of the stick, it is caught again as it is falling, and before it reaches the floor. The secret of this trick is .t.hat at the end Of the stick a needle is inserted and allowed al-lowed to project about half an inch with the point outward. Therefore, the handkerchief, hand-kerchief, when thrown into the air, is caught, upon the point of the projecting project-ing needle, which, being very fine, is not noticeable. |