Such a demonstration of reserve strength upon the part of the Boers should make the British Government cautious in declaring the war in South Africa to be at an end.
Photography In Colors
Mr. A. H. Verrill, of New Haven, Conn., has discovered a method in photography for reproducing all natural tints and colors. He terms it the autochromatic process. Its success is due to the paper used, which is five times as sensitive to red and yellow light as ordinary paper, and to the sharpness of the lenses. These latter were made under his own direction.
IN-DOORS
PARLOR MAGIC
By Ellis Stanyon
The first of this series of papers on Magic, commencing with the March number, included directions to the beginner for Palming and the Pass.
Magical Production of a Coin.—Come forward with a coin palmed in the right hand. Draw attention to the left hand, showing it back and front as empty, and, as if in illustration of what you say, give the palm a smart slap with the right hand, leaving the coin behind, and slightly contracting the fingers so as to retain it; now show the right hand empty, pulling up the sleeve with the left, which masks the presence of the coin, then close the left hand and, after one or two passes over it with the right hand, produce the coin.