e, you request the second person to place it in his
pocket. We will suppose the first person selected thirty and the second
person abstracted ten cards from them, which should leave twenty now in
the pocket of the former. Then announce your intention of causing a
certain number of cards to leave the pocket of person number one and
travel invisibly into the pocket of person number two. Open a
pocket-handkerchief, and covering number one's pocket, flick it in the
direction of person number two, exclaiming, "They have gone!" On the two
piles being produced and counted, those from the pocket of number one
person will number only fifteen, and the same number will be found in
the second pile.

EXPLANATION.--When you receive the thirty cards from the first person,
you palm off five or six cards (the number is immaterial) and retain
them concealed in your hand, handing the remainder to the second person.
When he has counted off ten and placed them on the table, you take those
that are left from him and hand them to person number one. When picking
up the pile of ten from the table, while pretending to square it, you
add the palmed cards and hand the pile thus increased to person number
two. You must be careful not to allow the two persons to count the cards
after the changes have been made. If you see they are inclined to do so,
take the piles from them and place them in their pockets yourself.

TO NAME ALL THE CARDS IN THE PACK

Ask some one to shuffle the pack, and, on receiving it back, glance at
the bottom card. Put the pack behind your back, and then turn the top
card round with its face toward you; bring the pack in front of you, the
bottom card facing the audience and the turned card facing you. Having
already glanced at the bottom card, you can tell them its name, and you
now know the card on top. Put the pack behind you again, and move the
top card to the front, and turn the one now on top round. Again hold the
pack up and name the front card, at the same time noting the card facing
you. By repeating this process you can name all the cards in the pack.
Take care to have all your audience in front of you, or the turned card
will be seen.

A NEW METHOD

Here is an absolutely new method of performing the same trick
blindfolded, but with the aid of a confederate. You tell your friends
that by placing your hands on a person's head you can see with his eyes.
To illustrate this, tell your assistant to seat himself at