Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 April 1898 — ONE STAGE TRICK. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

ONE STAGE TRICK.

How the Blindfolded Joggler Performs Seemingly Marvelous Tricks, The next time yon see a blindfolded juggler tossing knives and razors with unerring skill and keeping half a dozen eggs unbroken in the air at at once, do not let yonr wonder and admiration overpower you. You have seen his assistant blindfold him with a handkerchief. Then you have seen a bag of heavy burlaps adjusted over his head and shoulders to exclude even the light And yet not one egg ever fails. Not one knife ever escapes him. As a matter of fact, the coarse burlap hag ha 3 threads drawn out in that part which comes before his face, and in the adjusting of it the assistant simply slides the handkerchief up or down a little. In taking the bag off again he returns the handkerchief to its place. The next time the blindfolded juggler

offers to perforin for you assure him that a blindfolding with a handkerchief is quite enough, and that you could not think of having him smothered by a bag. Then you can have heaps of fun listening to him lie about the trick.

IT LOOKS SIMPLY MARVELOUS.