Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 October 1891 — WITH AN UNSEEN POWER. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WITH AN UNSEEN POWER.

A- Trick Upon Which It Is Safe to Lay a Wager Every Time. On a dry day rub with a brush, oi with the hand, a thin piece of paper; it will become electrified in a short time and adhere to your hand, youi face or your coat as if it had glue on it, and you will not be able to get rio of it, Electrify, in the same manner, a thick piece of paper—a postal card, for example—and you will see that, as with sealing wax, glass, sulphui

or resin, this card can attract light bodies—small pieces of cork, etc. Balance a cane on the back of a chair and wager anyone in the audience 'Aatyou will make it fall without touching it, blowing on it or moving the chair. All you need to do, according to the Churchman, is to dry the card well before the fire, rub it vigorously with your sleeve and put it close to one end of the cane, which will follow it as iron follows a magnet, until, having lost its equilibrium, the cane will fall to the floor.