[8] Rummage.
THE BOUNDING BEANS
This is another application of the principle introduced by Signor Molini and utilised in the trick last described.
The requisites for the trick are as follows:
(1) Mirror glass; at the outset, empty.
(2) Two tubes of cardboard, sheet brass, or zinc, as A and B in Fig. 17. The height and width of A are about 3½ and 2½ inches respectively. B is a little taller, but a trifle less in diameter.
(3) A third tube, C, with its lower edge turned inward an eighth of an inch all around. This tube is a little shorter than A, and in diameter a trifle smaller than B, which must pass easily over it. Attached to either side of its upper edge, outside, are soldered two little wire hooks, the points on the outside directed downwards.
(4) A coil of paper ribbon, of such size as to fit closely into the lower end of C, and forming, when so placed, a temporary bottom to it. The inner end of the coil must be drawn up an inch or so, so as to form a little cone in the centre.
Fig. 17