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Miscellaneous Tricks
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produces a rose-bush from the first flower-pot. He now has three cones, one inside of the other. To facilitate the picking up of the cones in succession the back part of each table top is cut out in crescent shape.


Magic Incubation.—To produce a quantity of eggs from an empty handkerchief is a favorite

Fig. 50.—Magic Incubation

experiment with magicians. It is a modification of the old egg-bag trick, but far more effective and but little known. The materials used are easily procured:—a blown egg, to which is attached a piece of thread, and a silk handkerchief. Fasten the egg to the handkerchief by means of