Book of Detective Stories. Thrilling adventures of detectives in ferreting out crime.
Secrets of the Harem. A description of the beautiful wives and slaves of the Sultan, by one who has been there.
How to Get Rich. Secrets for coining wealth, many of which have never been published before.
Marriage Manual. If you are married, or expect to be, you should get this important book and keep it securely under lock and key.
How to Become a Lightning Calculator. By a glance at this book you can learn to add, subtract, multiply and divide instantaneously.
To get the complete set, send ten cents, silver or stamps, to Keystone Book Co., P. O. Box 1634, Philadelphia, Pa., or to the firm from whom you purchased this book. You will receive the books promptly and will be well pleased with them.
Eatable Candle-Ends.
Take a large apple and cut out a few pieces in the shape of candle-ends, round at the bottom and flat at the top, in fact, as much like a piece of candle as possible. Now cut some slips from a sweet almond, as near as you can to resemble a wick, and stick them into the imitation candles. Light them for an instant to make the tops black, blow them out, and they are ready for the trick. One or two should be artfully placed in a snuffer-tray, or candlestick; you then inform your friends that during your “travels in the Russian Empire,” you learned, like the Russians, to be fond of candles; at the same time lighting your artificial candles (the almonds will readily take fire and flame for a few seconds), pop them into your mouth, and swallow them one after the other.
The Wonderful Hat.
Upon a table place three pieces of bread, or any other eatable, at a little distance from each other, and cover each with a hat, take up the first hat, and removing the bread put it into your mouth, letting the company see that you swallow it, then raise the second hat, and eat the bread which was under that, then proceed to the third hat in the same manner. Having eaten the three pieces, ask any person in the company to choose which hat he would like the three pieces of bread to be under, and when he has made his choice of one of the hats, put it on your head, and ask him if he does not think they are under it. By the way, if you are interested in tricks, let us call your attention to Prof. Roltair’s celebrated cabinet of magic. It contains twenty-five new and startling tricks with complete apparatus, so that you can easily give a two hour’s entertainment. Among the numerous tricks are: The load of articles from a borrowed hat, such as cannon balls, cabbages, boxes, etc.; the famous ink and water trick, with apparatus, so that you can instantly change a glass of ink to clear water, new and surprising card tricks including a pack of wizard’s cards, the famous dancing skeleton, true secret of ventriloquism, by means of which you can learn to throw the voice into hay-lofts, closets, trunks, etc., magic wand, and many other wonderful sleight of hand marvels are all contained in Prof. Roltair’s cabinet. The regular price is two dollars, but you can now obtain it, complete, postpaid, by sending fifty cents in stamps or money order to W. S. Everett & Co., 113 Munroe Street, Lynn, Mass., or the firm from whom you purchased this book.