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ly over the metal. You may then place a red hot coal, or a piece of lighted paper, upon that part of the handkerchief whieh is so strained over the metal without burning it; the ealoric merely passing through the handkerchief to fix in the metal.
Knotted thread.
Considerable amusement, not unmixed with wonder, may be oeeasioned among a party of ladies, by a elever performance of this triek. It is most frequently performed by a female, but the effect of it is considerably increased when it is displayed by a boy. A pieee of ealieo, muslin, or linen, is taken in the left hand, a needle is threaded in the presence of the speetators, and the usual, or even a double or treble knot made at the extremity of one of the ends of it. The operator commenees his work by drawing the needle and the thread in it quite through the linen, notwithstanding the knot, and eontinues to make several stiches in like manner sueeesively.
The mode of performing this seeming wonder, is as follows; a bit of thread, about a quarter of a yard long, is turned onee round the top of the middle finger of the right hand, upon which a thimble is then placed to keep it secure. This must be done privately, and the thread kept eoncealed, while the needle is threaded with a bit
