How to sketch. - The drawing of a cathedral with all its complexities and innumerable details is governed by the same …
How to make a kite for kids.—Take a lath, A, B, which should be three feet long and about an inch wide. One of the ordi…
Cut three pieces of paper to the shape of No. 1, one to the shape of No. 2, and one to that of No. 3. Let them be of pr…
Get a piece of cardboard, the size and shape of the diagram, and punch in it twelve circles or holes in the position sh…
THE VERTICAL LINE PUZZLE. Draw six vertical lines, as below, and, by adding five other lines to them, let the whole f…
A person let his house to several inmates, who occupied different floors, and having a garden attached to the house, h…
Select from a pack the aces, kings, queens, and knaves, together with four common cards of each suit. Lay down the fo…
As in the preceding trick, the ace counts eleven, and the court cards ten each. Let the person who chooses the two card…
In this amusement the ace counts eleven, the court cards ten each, and the others according to the number of their spot…
Take a flat-headed nail, and file it down until its point is as sharp as a needle, and the head quite flat. The nail sh…
Ascertain the bottom card of the pack; hold the cards in your left hand, with their faces downwards. Place your right…
When you have discovered a card, the following plan will make a striking termination to the trick. Get the card to the …
While you are shuffling the cards, contrive to arrange quietly all their heads one way, or as many as possible, rejec…
Tell the spectators that you will call six cards out of the pack. Secure a card,—say the ace of spades,—in the palm of …
Have a needle stuck just inside your sleeve. Hand the cards, &c. just as in the preceding trick, and tell the taker…
Offer the cards to any one, and let him draw one. You then hold the cards behind your back, and tell him to place his c…
Take the four kings out of a pack of cards, and also two other court cards, which are not to be shown. Spread out the k…
As in the last trick , cast a glance at the bottom card, say the ace of spades. Lay out the pack in as many heaps as yo…
While shuffling the pack, cast a glance at the bottom card, make the pass, and bring it to the top. Continue to shuffle…
This is a necessary beginning for card tricks. “Making the pass” is the technical term for shifting either the top or t…
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