TO IMPALE A CARD.
Take any card with a pip in the middle—as an ace, five, nine, &c., and thrust through the centre a short tack, of which the head is flat and broad, and the point made very sharp.
At the conclusion of a trick with a borrowed card like the one prepared as above, juggle the former away, and bring the other to the bottom of the pack, the tack point outwards. On hurling the pack horizontally against a door or other wood-work, the pack will act like a solid body and drive the nail in fast, when the chosen card will be displayed, while the others fall to the floor.