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for making these screens are red birch 
(with the cones on), spruce with its rich 
n| buds, and sweet gum tree (liquid amber). 
|i These are all very pliable, and easy to 
j handle. In making the thatched roof, the 
|: straw is first bound to the top of the 
jl picket with wire ; it is then brought down 
j: to the top, extending over so as to form a 
I continuous eave. The dishing of the 
i thatch roof is controlled by the wire or 
j twine stitching, which holds the straw to- 
j gether. 
j Fig. 3 consists of two 14-inch pots joined 
together at their rims very jirmlij with 
plaster. The lower pot is fastened to a 
large sized milk pan, and through the 
milk pan and pots passes a stout pole ex- 
tending well out of the upper pot, on 
which is fastened the double thatched 
j roof. The third roof of thatching is 
; bound on with wire just below the rim of 
I the lower pot, around which is formed a 
: shoulder of plaster, otherwise the wire 
I binding would slip off. This bird house 
' can be divided into as many compartments 
\ as desired. 
j Where a number of pots and pans are to 
I be fastened together, great care must be 
taken to firmly unite the parts together 
with a bountiful quantity of plaster, laid 
on thick. Much taste and skill can be 
displayed in the different designs formed 
on the pots with the plaster, but care must 
be taken to have them in good taste and 
in keeping with the surroundings. 
— 
Lessons in Magic— V. 
T WILL suppose that you, my reader, 
are to give an exhibition of conjuring, 
and let me here suggest that when you do 
appear either in public or in private, that 
you use the plain, old-fashioned word 
" Conjuring," in preference to those high- 
sounding affectations, Prestidigitation," 
and Thaumaturgy." Well, your pro- 
gramme is prepared ; your stage and appar- 
atus arranged ; the bell tinkles, the curtain 
rises, and you walk to the footlights and 
make your bow. Of course you are ex- 
pected to make an introductory speech, 
and you do it in a few words, and then 
begin your performance with— well, I will 
suppose with 
The Egg Ching-Ching.— This title has 
really very little reference to the trick, 
but then a title is absolutely necessary, 
and as this conveys no idea of what you 
are about to exhibit, it is as good as any 
other. 
For the trick you use an egg, a glass 
goblet and two handkerchiefs, one large 
cotton one, and the other a small one 
about eleven inches square, made of red 
silk. 
The goblet you place in the hands of 
one of your audience, and then select an 
egg from a number in a dish ; the cotton 
handkerchief is spread over the left hand, 
and on it is laid the egg. You now ap- 
proach the person who holds the goblet, 
and, asking him to hold it above his head, 
you cover it with the handkerchief, and at 
the same moment drop the egg gently into 
the glass. 
"You all heard the egg drop into the 
glass," you say ; " Now, Sir,"— addressing 
the gentleman who holds the goblet— 
" be good enough to shake the glass, very 
carefully, however, so as not to crack the 
egg, and tell the audience whether you 
think the egg is still there." 
"You think it is? Yery well. Now, 
ladies and gentlemen, watch me carefully, 
and you may detect the little piece of 
sleight-of-hand which I am about to at- 
tempt." 
You proceed to turn up your coat cuffs, 
that all may see you conceal nothing 
there, and taking the small red silk hand- 
kerchief by one corner, with your right 
hand, say, " I use a red handkerchief for 
this trick purposely, as it contrasts very 
decidedly with my shirt cuffs, and should 
I attempt to conceal it in my sleeve, you 
would detect me. Now, if you will watch 
sharply, you will see it gradually disap- 
pear." 
Place your hands together, with the 
handkerchief hanging from between them ; 
move the hands slowly up and down, and, 
to the surprise of all, the handkerchief 
will be seen to gradually creei> into your 
hands, until at last it entirely disappears. 
You open your hands, and there is — not 
the handkerchief— but the egg. This you 
place in an egg cup on your table, and 
then running to the person who holds the 
