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left hand, and sets it on a shelf at the back 
of the table; at the same moment he 
takes hold of the ring with his right hand, 
and the handkerchief falling down, the 
Fig. 7. 
audience are not able to see whether the 
goblet is there or not, but from the shape 
will imagine that it is. When the hand- 
kerchief is shaken, the goblet seems to 
have disappeared, and when picked up by 
Fig. 8. 
the ring to have come again. In this way 
It can apparently be taken from any place. 
To conclude the performance, the hand- 
kerchief is thrown over the left arm„. 
which is held in the position shown in 
Fig. 8. The right hand is passed under 
the handkerchief, and takes from the inner 
left side pocket of the coat a goblet filled 
with water and covered with a piece of" 
bladder. The bladder is moistened about 
the edges, and pressed against the sides of 
the glass, where it will tightly adhere. 
As the goblet is brought out from beneath, 
the handkerchief by one hand, the fingers 
of the other hand clip (through the hand- 
kerchief) the edges of the bladder, and 
pull it off. The audience, this time, see- 
ing the goblet filled with water, imagine 
that it was under the handkerchief each, 
time that the shape of it was seen. 
Autographs. 
WE have just received a small lot of 
very neat autograph albums, the 
regular price of which is 15 cents. We 
will send one of these albums, and also a, 
copy of the "Amateur's Handbook," 
(price 15 cents), to any of our subscribers 
that will send us a new subscriber and 
fifty cents. 
Postage Stamps. 
CINCE the postal currency has been 
^ withdrawn from circulation, it is dif- 
ficult to send fractions of a dollar by mail. 
We therefore announced that w^e would 
accept postage stamps at their full value 
for subscriptions. Some of our readers, 
however, seem to think that we prefer 
postage stamps ; this is not the case, as 
we are in receipt of a much greater num- 
ber of postage stamps than we can use, 
and consequently we have to dispose of 
them at a sacrifice. Hereafter we shall 
accept postage stamps only in amounts 
less than one dollar, and we would fur- 
ther say that stamps of large denomina- 
tions are of no use to us ; even three-cent 
stamps are a drug, but one and two-cent 
stamps we can always use. Canadian 
postage stamps are of no use to us. Brit- 
ish postage stamps we receive at their full 
value. 
