PARLOUR MAGIC.
To Place a Lighted Candle Under Water, without Extinguishing it ; or a Handkerchief without Wetting it. Take a glass, and fastening a small bit of wood across the mouth, stick thereupon a piece of candle lighted, and with a steady hand convey the glass to the surface of the water ; then push it carefully down, and the candle may be seen burning under the water, and it may be brought up again alight. In the same manner you may put a handkerchief, rolled tight together, and it will not be wet. The principal art in performing this feat consists in the nicety of bringing the mouth of the glass exactly level with the surface of the water ; for if it be put the least on one side, the water will rush in, and consequently defeat the object.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2103, 14 June 1894, Page 38
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139PARLOUR MAGIC. Otago Witness, Issue 2103, 14 June 1894, Page 38
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