SECOND SIGHT TRICKS.
By the following method quite mysterious tricks may be performed in one’s own house. The performer’s assistant is blind-folded and sits in a remote part of the room. She has attached to her finger an end of a fine black silk thread. The other end of this thread the performer carries. He is now able by sharp twitches upon the cord to communicate with his assistant, telling her the dates of coins, the suit of a card, the number of a watch and many other experiments by using a little code which they have arranged between them. It is needless to say the performer must keep his hand hidden in making these twitches on the thread so as not to be observed by the audience. This little trick can be worked up with good effect, as the performer may stand quite some distance from his assistant, and no words are spoken.