Magic Money.
This conjuring trick is performed thus: Procure two quarters and a half-dollar; conceal one of the quarters in therighthand; lay the other quarter and the half-dollar on a table, in full view of the audience; now ask for two handkerchiefs; then take the half-dollar up, and pretend to roll it in one of the handkerchiefs; but, in lieu thereof, roll up the quarter, which you had concealed, and retain the half-dollar; give the handkerchief to one of the company to hold; now take the quarter off the table, and pretend to roll that up in the second handkerchief; but put up the half-dollar instead; give this handkerchief to another person, and beg him to “hold it tight,” while you utter, “Presto! fly!” On opening the handkerchiefs the money will appear to have changed places. This is one of the best tricks in this book.