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She Lu reaiorld. , Peviimee, Freee Pub) ovine Company, 2 9 @ PARK 80° Pox tricks” are ameng the most perplexing of the) with and right over the genuine bottom. bd — New York fern magictan’s accompl's> * The following) sutmeque e be nd and locked in ordinary massive appearance) Bevered ot the Post Often ot New Tort a0 Someed-Cass Malt Met To. explanations ef & few as nei forth in The Sirand, a “confederate,” all that he son 10 40 \® opened the astonishment of the onlookers te geo =—- <S { have myetified the whole world {9 to roll up the dummy front, you would roll up vine commonest trick '» perhaps ‘hat @leplayed tn TUESDAY, JULY W, 1900, VOL. AD seceee ceee A COMMON DEVICE hOX Wit! oma ce chown with « man soncealgd with! sreoted “on end * cape at this point te made by the riftoulously simple means of opening one end as iiiustrated. It will be noted thay the rope forine no bar whatever to thie HOW FIG. 6 TRICK 18 BFFECTOD = TRAD. DOO, wy mechanieal govement. Of course in sctual opere- dest. When car fellow-men are ouffert tlon, the working extreintty oe contgtvance |* euch grievew: cfroumstances ay when placed dtreotly over & trapdoor in the stage My rea ourectves comewhat overcome by the fon for inverting {t will saturally be obviows to the acne rlateg temperatures. "4 reader, When ¢ bom fe afterward peeled up in « Ce SS pth eed sack the man hes alreaty dirappeared frem it wo any % contemporary Anothgr trick of the sane order (a that |Ihistrated whet 8 Tn one tmportant feature, \owever. It far surpasses that which hea just been disposed of. It may be tied up in any way, yor wil! no 0 allow the ocowpant to make geod his escape In this instance the @n- Juror merely folds the endias » doubie-flap inwardly. when, a8 will be comprehended the rope proves to no obetacle whatever Tiere again. the opening ‘There te no comfort in the day's lending news, which ts the news from China “Massacre” is a little, word and eaay to speak. But, oh! the weight of its brief syllables when they came laden as now trom Pekifig, The human eptrtt that ta in ue calls for vengeance. The thiret which ts that of blood} would be tn direot communication with « trap-door for blood fe upon us. Bat we know that the spirit} The flaps woul! regair mai attitude as acon and the thirst are wrong; that while no indematty, the oper nad force ropes Ay anning devion b4 we the grain of the wood as ent. 6 ning re? more again, the by re however great, can atone for the asta which have taken ploce, neither will any excess of retaliatory Dioedshed restore the peace of mind and heart hb those horrors have disturbed There Is war in China now, whatever the State diplomats say. To masmacre In the capital has een addeg battle lows outalde the walls, Men of ur gallant Ninth have found the martyrdom of confiet. Bvery fallen one tea hero. And the end te not yet. But meantime we have our every-day heroes at home,-Roundsman Sheehan eaving Hives at Bath Beach, Policeman Wall doing Uke duty at Hudeon Beach. Not af! our brave ones are facing bullets Surely it ts @ comfort that we hare at home the right men for the ordinary emergencies. whi may wante limite, of secreted bimee!! Wher down, however, he which are supposed are attached (> the this iid down onoe Dimself, to emphastre ‘This movement re! . which, by me tap shown tn Fle 4 untll it o nder site of . wit ang before imprteonte fy on ity tmpreqna t of the owere itae! tiem tn con the whole fr quiekiy ean CIVILIZ ATION IN CHINA. Moreover, there is « ig New York fire track on | § rubber tires, and it is Hiely to de only the first of | many. Think what that means in the way of city noise refuction. If fire trucks, why not all trucks? Speed the rubber tires and the sphalt pavements which mast come with them! Speed everything that kilts noive! Speed, too, a wholesome effect to such an ex ample as that furnished by the man who theught he bad caught a banker's daughter with his cheap matrimonia! advertisement. AVhat « fine, intelil- went and capable husband he would make, to be sure, who be taken {n by #© @mall a trick, The moral which swings from dis ‘pcident is that the adve we vridegro: the Tateat kfnd to cou’ steer away from and matrimonial modes of owr fathers and mothers are still as good as they are old-fashioned. Marriage which neods the ald of the “pers column t Mkely ¢ prove e of that succe sort to whieh love finds the way. You can't y real » romance at so much a per tine Do you ask where t this parvicular ae comfort comes In regard « m! It fs in the opportan preach eo pretty and pointed a sermon, wit such a partitularly fetehiag toll-you-so atmos phere abou ‘ ‘ ‘ wa re of en ‘ ’ 4 stark on the Hrit'en Legation Peking which re In conclusion ” me sat Georgia 4 tn the masencre of all the ¢ and thetr murderer's apyprecjation of what the State has re ee ake ten done and could do for him. If they won't hang ene Sie Bim, he promises, be will turn preacher It would fon ae . he De the limit of self-sacrifice (hat ne should always owe and arrow than gerve as his own borr! npie for sticks a modern batt efeld — re | THE SMITH FAMILY A TEMPLE OF SERPENTS Tin ths cdi Wisvaties. 1a te eee ne Em the small town of Werda, in the Kingdom «{! called “Smith Holland, “Sehmidt;” in Russta, |, Western Africa, there ts a temple of ser- | ‘Smitowek io Spain, “Bmithus in Pols @ long building, in witch the priesis keep up “Sehmitiweiekl,” and in Mexico, “Smitri” In FE AGP qnakes of ali sizes, which they feed with | \and the Smith met numerous of ali fi frogs brought to them as offerings by the) lies, but in Ireland Ueey are centent to gank Atth, after Murphy, Kelly, Sullivan and Walsh La bitnd This dummy front te nothing more than @ H DOUBLE POLDING FLAP END. square of American in appearance with the other sides of the box. It will was be understood that the hinged board wMich Bad pre crosning viously been erect behind the dummy front had eo sides, thus dividing the resepte stiffened the latter that tapping and Inapection would parts AV@RY BFPECTIVE AND SIMPLE TRICK. y tom and strengthened by ver ‘These angi@irons are destined to serve an SARE DISPENSED WITH IV THIS TR) CK THE BOX SHOWN IN FIG T 1 et reveal tte composition hen @ final ri of the} in empty box te Lelia undertaken all paris have resumed) I thelr norma! postions, and, of course, again defy de- tection The box shown tn Fig. 5 ts made to look like « cond: ‘ive opens two flape inwardly @ee Mig ©. t allows him to eiide the two upright) in oppostte directions far enough to allow him to get out. | The boxes tn Pigs. Tend @ are of @ more unique na-| on @ trestle the receptacies seem to have! nor attachment 5 1 cavity, ‘The trangular | © postion with tmmen: MIS ROX SURROUNDE oriant purpose in thi beat render my exp! necution of the deception tlon understandable by | poke, and. in yparently to erformer the bow ae teen, as dixplaye will observe that under these condt wing the serids of ae. would have the privilege of gaining a ona which ensue after the beneath t r bes himself ¢ back of the Within the box. It @hould be fellow to escape? Well aid tha 6 contrivance ping sides of the Id, pull them down behind thel fs at this re 90 placed per sides of the ber, then creep out and draw aside! that 1 portion 4)\ portion of the Mndermort curtain, subsequent-| (that witue sting down « plank which a confoterate hae, un-| ated angie etesred placed he required post A @ummy | trone over « _{he drop-scene behind has prevtously been| trap Neat happens emoved. ind a piank pushed up from the back of the! ls As the “iN A MOST RBWTL scene 1. In thie the magician te enabled) ai ve#, and when ite inner end touches the to alip fown out of sight: and when the screen! angie-is . the performer's feet, certain cee HOW FAR MAY WE GO ON IN SIN? BY LAURA JEAN LIBBEY, | (Cowrrteee, 1808. oy the Proce Pubitesing Company, N.Y. World): { thelr wife and themselves cannet agree You HE fol owtng letter bas cost me many an ve anke! me for my atyice, and now the question Anxious moment since | have received it. Not WI you follow it? for the wrtter the deceived wite In the| a ivise you In the name of Got to break from this .. human parastte without (elay Never eee him or hold Helen V writes me asf ~~. any kind of com it. him again. Write t "Tam very moc infatuated with a married man, [ie | '* Wife and confess to her and ask her to help told me when ! fest met » at he was marr a break away thie unholy Infatu hte fanoy, to be Mung away Y And I atgonce suggested that Dut he Ineteted chet 1 eee him and nie. “He has told me many times that he and his wits do pot hat reason and when he com as possible toge: ‘The more | see him the better | |tke don't know what to do If he woves Nia wile ald net care to keep company or any one else dare only t Treapond with | m andl * surely orresond with | | uv." | 1 have prayed the Lard earn | to answer (he above ¢ , ar A 1 feet at that e angle tn her tife path, where womanho ! would have drawn forth my leepest aymoaihy areneat slarm for her well being and ¢ * afte But with ine woman of twent 1 eis ne longer a dreaming chil’, and that ‘ city as Me has, she knows ful we re mm | 9900 8 he tires of you. She te hie holy wedsed wrong, and with a be earer knowleuge (nan hep | Wife. Turn fro ow, my dear, ere you are it grandmother did in her { twee oer age revooably let. 4 let me urge yow to remember the We wil commenee at part of your letier where | SPand tines hyma, whic have ou say this decetver of women s you with re. | been write tn just such a strait as you spect are How can you look up in the Lords 4 How far may we go om in stn? that, my dear, when you ralle at any em: e* od fortesr > jove from him is a dew te your end and where begin ure womanhood? U ir? Does he healtate at emirching your good name and There is #8 ithe unseen, your sweet, maidenly virtue by doing what he knows ‘That crosses every path; to be abeolutely wrong—holding estine meetings bry Hee Deneeee | With you and compromising you b ouraging you and Ifls @rath to write flectionate letters to him laere le iy her @rttes ery path has an end to i, as do affairs o¢ thie) ™t *' le . kind Where wit! yours en@? Bove you thoumnt o¢ ut} MOW LONG WE HAVE TO Live Have you ed it? HERE is « very simple rule for finding the If you persis In (he present course tet me tel you average number of years whieh persons of any ‘frank y and gently that tt will end tr t utter ruin a may * > live, 5 @ Diasio! existence 9 bankr heart. 4 misepent and | be deducted from « wo-thirds of t wasted fe an old age Milled with me, remorse and | is the anewer req n absaluiely the bitterest of remret acturate, but it (# near enough, For Instance, @ man If you Meh from the wife of this man, the hustind | aged twenty might. by (his rule, expect,to ive forty | whom Ged hae at her, tt ls ary God te| years lenge | whom you m newer sooner or liter for the theft, | tables « No crime |e greater in His eyee 11 is without pare [owt ats don. A!) true wemen jook up to bh for a mate—|eive it as pet down hetes-ard bide ¢ me modesty, | rule sailors {eweetnees and virtue unt# the Lord sents cham «| show « husband of thelr own Put yourself in the place of (hat poor, deceived wife let home, and ponder well how you would feel were you she LIGHT BUT-OH, MY! It takes 5,00 bees (o weigh @ pound, but when « reasen to cloak the bideousness of their inconstaney— | much THE WORLD: TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 17, 100m 00000000 tia SIX OF THE BEST BOX TRICKS OF MAGICIANS. When he is removed and ihe box (which, by the aaslgtgnee of) mechavtiom is released which allows the IM to lift bod- In Pig. UL we have a box with « gliding 14 Any one | and ings to permit of these movements, Thus) by the EXVLANATION OF PUG. 1 cloth prepared to conform exactly +xamining the interior of the casket would find that) time the iid ts fixed property there exists & large open. wo angle-irons ing formed in the bettom of the Box, through whieh upward across the| the conjurer wriggies After dropping down through Indo three equal the trap-door he ts enabled to replace the central divis- HY ACURTAIN v5, ah Brush for The Brewing World Wr sranG® | 4 ang" concldded ® copartnership agreement for *\ tion ef the four years there was a profit of $2,007, T | How much shail.each we years, At sixty, the above! Kioiing and Austin. This is a commerctsl age. This is jr Lhirieen years, and the tables | ner @ revolutionary period, in which poets pour forth insects come in freth from the flelds and flowers, Since “poets are the unacknowledged AD villiane of the type of thie man give the eame/|freighted with honey, they weigh nearly thrice as ell tl BABY'S TOUCH, FYTLE hands se soft and white, Creeping gently o'er my cheek! What s meaning eweet they epeal, Tiling me with foud delight! Littis hands eo frail and fair, Wand’ring, wavering nere and thera, Purposelees and weak and emall, Holting hearts in meekest threil Littte hands so light of touch, Drifting idly o'er my lips, Magic in thowe finger tips, Little hands so soon to be Busied for eternity; Weaving in the pattern vast, ‘Where Fate's struttlc Mee eo mst. ) tly the boftom portion of the box and the two angie frome. “and to carry them on to the feet end.” Mean while the captive hag to dextrowsly arch hig body Round of age's wrinkled brow, Round these hearts of yours and mine! Little hands to be ere loug THE PACKING CASB TRICK. fon and angte-trone quickly, without 'n any way re Jacket and seperate chemisette, — = WHEN YOU VISIT REMEMBER- If & pleasure is proposed, accept it. You are em pected to be entertained. ‘The host’s chair and the host's desk are net te be invaded. Keep your ewn room neat. Disorder te most trying to the ma‘é, who will complain of it. And be agreeable to all guests, whether you like them er not. Always ask your hostess what her plans are fer the day and abide by them. All visitors should recollest that thetr evenings be long te the host and hostess, and they are expected to add te their enjoyment. Absent yourself some hourp in the morning, se thea the mistress of the house will have a chance te settle her dffeirs. This sort of cqnsideration is appreciated, Be stone blind, deaf and dumb to all family matterg of an unpleasent n & housthold. Be punctual at meals. To be late is disrespect to your hostess— bad form fer yourself. SOME FUN. | MORE ELASTICITY. HOW THE PERFORMER ESCAPES, } moving che !i¢. Meantime an ageistant has been fast. [ening a length of cont round and round the sides and ends of the box, Upon re celving @ pre-arranged elg- nel, he then elevates the box on one end and slips: it into @ sack It la of course, empty, but this Pregnant fact & unknown to the audience, who natur- ally marvel how the man, ootiobtty enugty DERING TRICK wedged tn, prison, D ITS EXPLANATION, can possibly free himself frem his TO THE FTETTERSrvaiecten VENING WORLD Te the Rétter ot The Brening Wor! I have often read accounts of wamen and girls com- mitting sutetde because of lack of work. Why do not (hese people instead go to the country, where there i pelnty of fresh alr, sunshine end work, ymfortable homes, low rents and good wageg? At least a dosen women could find employment the towns near New York. What they want in many rural localities 1s an emergency woman; one that can ‘turn her hand to anything from the laundry to the ick-room. There are at least four families within « {half mile of my home that do not have enough work j{0 warrant hiring a girl by the month, yet there are | Gaye, satnetimes weeks, at they require help, And then thare is always (he laundry work every week }Wway starve tn cities? ONE WHO KNOW6s. Cure for Leckjaw. Te the Raiter af The Brening World Having noted the number of cases of lookjaw last year from p sto! and gunshot wounds I am prompted 9 send @ remedy taken from @ book of information whieh IT have, It read “Cure for lockjaw, said to be porttive: Let any one who has an attack of lock- jaw take a smail quantity of epirite of turpentine, warm {t and pour ft on the wound, no matter vhere the wound is or what the nature ts, Rellef will fol- w tn jess than one minute.” J. H.W, Lowell, Mass | | fo the fitttor of The Rrening World Does matringony lessen woman's chance In Iiterature? Women has never reached that point in the universe of men where she is recognized as one of the brilliant luminaries. No doubt there are splendid exemplifiga tions of some singular qualification. But where are the women Shakerpeares and Miltons and Sheileys? ‘There reason for this, and the above question Is } LOUI8 & RAPPEPORT A Partnership Problem. To the Reiter of The Bening Wort “All T want te @ Httle bit off the cal LE OF STYLE. top.” p the period of four years. In the beginning of the SAM first year A invested 9,000. In the beginning of the | second year B invested 1.00. A withdr 12.0 on he bepinning of the third year, B withdrAw $00 on the beginning of the fourth year, Afier the exptra- ¢ of this amount? i &. B their burning words an@ rouse mankind to tnfigna- tion at Me conditions, but @ commercial age, in pwhich men meek for money. “old! gold!” This te now the This is why literature has so de- of the world,” and since there be none,| Obdliging B ralere? RG L. | FU chave the other site alsa