ne by the performer him-self, standing behind or be-side the table. Another planis to have the thread attachedto a small cylinderical weightwithin the pillar, which ismade hollow, and filled withsand. The weight rests onthe sand until the operatordesires the cards to rise, when, by moving a trigger… … 24 MODERN MAGIC. the thread. (The pillar in this case is made about two feethigh, as the weight must necessarily travel six times thelength of card.) Others, again, draw the thread by means ofclockwork arrangement in the table, or in the pillar itself,answering the same purpose as the sand and…
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