Wehman Bros.' new book of one hundred and fifty parlor tricks and games : home-made apparatus . f the bottle, and the al-cohol is as transparent as usual. If rain is to fall in a shorttime, some of the solid particles rise and fall in the alcohol,which becomes thick and troubled. When a storm, tempest,or even a squall is about to come on, all the solid matter risesfrom the bottom of the bottle and forms a crust on the sur-face of the alcohol, which appears to be in a state of fermenta-tion. These appearances take place twenty-four hours beforethe tempest ensues, and the point of the horizon fr
Wehman Bros.' new book of one hundred and fifty parlor tricks and games : home-made apparatus . f the bottle, and the al-cohol is as transparent as usual. If rain is to fall in a shorttime, some of the solid particles rise and fall in the alcohol,which becomes thick and troubled. When a storm, tempest,or even a squall is about to come on, all the solid matter risesfrom the bottom of the bottle and forms a crust on the sur-face of the alcohol, which appears to be in a state of fermenta-tion. These appearances take place twenty-four hours beforethe tempest ensues, and the point of the horizon from whichit is to blow is indicated by the particles gathering most onthe side of the tube opposite to that part whence the windis to come. The longer the diameter of the bottle the betterfor this kind of barometer. 96 TRIOKS At which Side will the Match Catch Fire? Take four safety matches from a box, and insert two ofthem in the spaces which are apparent when the box is partly-opened; the third match should be placed between the twoformer, when the whole will appear as in the Care must be taken that the third match is firmly grippedbetween the other two, which will be bent outward, butmust not be broken, by the contact. The fourth matchshould then be struck and the third (the horizontal) matchlighted by it in the centre. The question for the spectators TRIOKS 97 to solve now is: Which of the two supporting side matcheswill be fired first: that on the right or that on the left?Will it be that side at which we have two ends tipped withphosphorus, or the side at which there is only one phosphoricend ? The reply must be: At neither of them. The sidematches will not ignite at all, because immediately the cen-tre of the horizontal match is burned, the two side matcheswill spring back and throw off the third match, which willfall to the ground and be extinguished. To Name Cards without Seeing Them. Procure a small concave mirror, one and a half to oneand three-quarter
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