Artificial Clairvoyance

For the successful performance of this trick two persons are necessary, the one acting as the exhibitor, and the other as the medium or clairvoyant. The medium having left the room, the exhibitor requests some one to cut a pack of cards in half, and to place one half, face upwards, under his handkerchief.

A throw of three dice may also be made, and covered in like manner with a second handkerchief. Ordinary cambric handkerchiefs should be used This done, the medium enters, and taking up the cards, still covered with the handkerchiet, places the Tricks witbout Slight of band package against his forehead in the approved clairvoyant manner. He next joins left hands with the subject, and commences to call out slowly and deliberately the names of the cards. Having named the whole of the cards, he takes up the three dice and deals with them in like manner.