The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 8, 1902, Page 6

THE SUNDAY CALL. around the mid- and another nar- rom the other erchief or piece cleaner (the inside of the ng_careful not dark, an electric spark can be seen jump- ing from the ring to the strip as often as_the broom is pulled back. Fasten a piece of wire around the tin- foil ring and on its end a few strips of tissue paper. By rubbing the inside of the chimney with the silk covered brush the ring is filled with electricity, whi a ng through the wire affects the strips per, causing them to fly apart. AN INK TRICK- Here is a large tumbler filled al rim with jet H ink’s dyeing quality dip a as shown in illu handkerchief. “Ink disappear! moves the cloth where before the tricks in these columns ar2 found in every fun-loving héme, or may easily be pro- cured at the expense of a few cents. o4 qeabin o 0 T been. Please convince yourself that this is_no deception. This interesting trick is done as fol- lows: What appears to be Ink is a strip of biack paper, fitted into the gla pressed smoothly against the side by water. But how is it that the cz -pears black when dipped in? The is double, that is, two sevens of hea most to are pasted, backs together; the lower test the part of ome of them is (for - The clean seven of hear into the the part of the plack side appears. Covering the gl in is dyed black, with the handkerchief the performer The tumbler gets hold of the black paper moments with a moves it with the handkerchie command. the water appears clear and the performer re- > nd we see a little gold- explain to the audience that the ink water, might spot their hands or clothes, and that the jet black ink had so carry it away. painted black. he udience, and when dippin; the water turn the card around and and tle f lustration B. To remov h swimming about, the painted c —— .1 THE JOLLY ROVER, A KNIFE EDGE, A STEADY HAND AND THE PUPPET WINS. ts is shown tu it_into Split a match at one end and insert into the split the flattened end of a cecond to form an acute the two matches on the sharp edge of a knife held horizontally in such a way that the heads of the matches touch the sur- To render the experiment more effective face of the table. No matter how hard crack the matches in the middls to form you try to hold the knife steady to every- the legs of a rider, then cut the upper body’'s surprise the matches will begin to body out of paper and insert it into a move up and down. split made in one of the matches. $ ANECDOTES s writing nowadays,” ditor, disgust- [ we camp on his trail, and we never let up a pile of |until w p on his desk. m a cabman, a story y trom a | him that we can nev: world is pushing the | ers and critics, but he peruse a “rustic life.” 1 universal au- en a band of un- | with the =kill of | endeavor to fame to their ‘graft’ that ever hap- said one of the most cold as he boasted of | “We have our hands | valve of the human ceit of literary authorship— | s the button the money a sharp lookout and as soon aspiring author AND FUNNYISMS FROM HERE, THERE Work was reluctantly resumed, and there |had one turned down by a big publisher, | rected and punctuated, at a cost of $109; | clouds of smoke from his dudheen unper- “Of course we adopt a ‘stand offish policy as soon as he begins to nibble, tell consider his book let of our read- t is only for the purpose of increasing his own & its great qualities. Lord bless you, 3 I is the veriest rot ever penned we will handle it. An adverse criticism ‘upon | book is an unknown quantity in our shoy “Then we inform him that the of publication will be about $300, which we expect him to stand. He demurs, whereupon we ask him how many copies | until it has run the gau: he thinks he can dispose of himself. | “Incautiously and ignorantly he CS‘nl mates the number at a thousand. 1In reality, if he has good luck and lots of friends he can sell about fift: “We show him, however, that by own statement he will be able to publis at his own' risk to much better advantage than if we offered him terms, and so he is at last firmly hooked. “That $300 is merely a first contribution, though. He speedily finds that. his manu- | script must be thoroughly revised, cor-! WHERE IS THE GARDENER? land him. | must be read ch of which n author get away we | “Pietro will los ver a thousand printed and bound | that.” books to him and give our attention to @ | «Clancy will kill the ¢ Do they ever come back with a second is the sole drawback to One never has the chance to |~ «Don’t let the ‘Ginny’ pull a knife. make steady connections, for our clientele | “Take a bowlder.” Must Talk Only Italian. His gestures were prof Looka here, you — —— — Irisha | “Bo: You t'inka dis a — — holiday?" climbed up the side of the ex illustrations must be secured; the proof | turbed. The Italian changed color, and and a hundred other littlc |he averted his face n has its sep- |stood his ground and awaited the shock. never let| The gang stopped work instinctively. m me for less than | Cemment ran in a ervously, but he ngle vein as Clancy | approached the foreman. .a good job; he will “The polis is mile “Nayther wan is weakenin".” As Clancy neared his destination sym- pathetic onlookers began to shout to him: Wi “Give him the helve of a pick.” At length Clancy | near he spoke: vez may call me thim names in talian only. If I come up ag'in, I'll tetch me pick!” iy 7 g jlt @/ r‘,‘v,»?,'/f[r-r 7 “ 1, I 7% e were many disappointed faces. an took up his duties where he had left gestures were the same, but his wishes were intelligible to the Italians only. Are You Observant? is surprising how | | there are in evetyday life in which the average person shows a sad lack of ob- In order to test this you have | only to put one or two of the following questions to the first man you meet and | You will notice that, ! , the object about which is one which yo friend has seen sufficiently frequently to enable him to give you a correct answer had he been observant: How many observe his in most instance: stood before the Ital- ian, who was now in a peculiar crouching | Ttalian | attitude and very pale. The Irishman re- and he | moved his pipe and blew forth more e to his slaves in a lofty and insolent | smoke deliberately. Then in a voice that se and vio- | could be heard by His comrades far and legs has a billiard As a matter of fact there How many you retire at teps do you go up when | You probably travel up and down the stairs at least twice a day, so you ought to know. What is the number of your watch? On the average clock are the numerals | written 1V or IIII? He punctuated the ultimatum with a vation to- | fresh cloud of smoke, then went back into puffing | the excavation without another word. AND EVERYWHERE. On which side of the coachman’s hat is | locked up and saw a small boy standing the cockade? beside him. The buttons of a man’s coat are on the | “Well, sonny, what do you want?” he right side. Is this the case with buttons | piped. on women’s aring apparel? { “I want a place to work in your of- How many toes or talons has a cat? | fice.” You may think 16 or 20. As a matter of | ‘“And what do you want that for?” fact it has 18. | asked the old m Into which sleeve do you pit your arm | “I want to grow up afid get rich,” was first when dressing? { T b i, & e SRS D A Pious Preacher’s Wish. One of the kindliest of the masters of Ealoil College, England, was the late Dr. Theophilus Leigh. He was the great-uncie | of the poetess Jane Austen, with whom he was on intimate terms. In addition to this distinétion he had an indefatigable wit—humor ran in the fam- ily—which kept alert until his death. Two days before he died he showed | Limself an incorrigible punster. | Some one spoke of an old acquaintanze | having been “‘égged on. to matrimony."” | Then may the yoke rest easy on him,” | said Dr. Leigh. | — e I Made a Mistake in the Place. | An old printer tells this story of Horace : y looked at him for a mo- t rich?” he said notice that this is a g for “T guess you didn’t aper office. You druggist next In the Country. Citimeam—Yes, I'll be glad to run out and see you some time. What’s your number? Subbubs—WRy—er—the houses in Swamphurst are not sumbered yet. C iman—Well, how shall T find you? Su bubs—Turn to the lefd from the station and walk dewn the road until you come to the second big mudipuddle. My house is directly cpposite—Springfield Repub- lican. Some of King George'IV's hair was sold in London recently for 29 shillings. WHERE IS THE HIGHWAYMAN? WHERE IS THE GOAT HERD? “GOOD MORNING, NEIGHBOR.” WHO IS SPEAKING?