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4 Novel Fridge at Rouen.


 This novel engineering work is called 'pont transbordeur" and is designed to fulfill all the purposes of a bridge. while it will offer no obstruction to the passage of ships with towering masts. On each side Of the river will be erected a small Eifel tower. about ITO feet in height, and these towers will be joined at the top by lattieework bridge upon which lines of rails will be laid. On these rails will run skeleton platform. which can be pulled from side to side by tue agency of steam or electricity. From this platform, which will be 160 feet above the quays, will depend steel wire ropes, which will support at the level of the river banks a slung carriage large enough to accommodate tram car full of passengers, besides other vehicles.
 It is intended that this novel form of bridge shall be i'll connection with the tram system at both sides of the river, so that passengers can be carried across the river without leaving their seats i'll the cars. The work of building the tow CTS has already been commenced, and it is expected that the bridge will be open for traffic in IS months time. It Is said that the only eontriyanee bearing any resemblance to this Iont tlansbor- leur" is ill operation at Bilbao. Cham bers Journal.
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he usually tilts his back in order to spill the load of headgear. Of course that means that the fellow who is making the awkward over is down, and the game begins anew. Ia case that's is passed successfully, the next step is an over, and the hats are placed on the ground. After the next over they must be picked up with the teeth and tossed backward over the boy who is down. To touch the hat of any other boy ill the game, either picking up or after the toss has been made, is fault. The game is sell dom played through for the mischief, and therefore the enjoyment, consists i'll placing obstacles in the way of one s colleagues.
 In foot and half the down raises the elevation of his back after each over. Another variation is to increase the dis tanee from which the leap is made. But this is a dangerous pastime and should not bc indulged ill.
 In sailors bombay" the fellow who is down stays, and every one who makes a fault goes down beside him until the number of humpbaeks becomes too many to be leaped over. St. Louis Republic.
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Obbie Dobbie.

Obbie Dobbie was Il baby.
 Funny name think, don't youf This is what her papa called her, And she had another too. Funny na.le and funny baby, With a inning little face, And the ether name they called her Vas the prettier one of Grace. One day little Obbie Dobbie
 Laughed and laughed with all her might Looking J into her dress sleeve, Eyes and nose all hid from sight. Mamma sad: Why, what's the mattsrf Is 1t rea4 or make believe All this ful?" The biby answered, T am aughin in my sleeve. In moment 1 remembered
 had said those words one day, Little thi king baby prattle
 Would repeat them O CT in play With such literal translation What an impress light words ieavei-- Papa's little 0bbie Dobbie
 Laughing in her baby sleeve.
 Hattie r. Bell in Wide Awake
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Walters 1sig Switch.

It happened i'll Missouri school. Little Dick had been caught throwing paper wads, and the teacher ordered him to step forward. Dick came reluctantly, hanging his head.
 Who would like to go out and get a switch for me2''
 Instantly every boy in school rose up i'll his seat and lifted his hand as high as he could. Getting switches was a keen joy.
 F.You may go, Walter said the teacher, and Walter strutted out very proud indeed A few minutes later he came back with huge switch and handed it proudly to the teacher. The larger the switch the more excitement there might be when the teacher came to use it. The errand being done, Walter went back to his seat and sat virtuously looking on.
 Dick was switched. In the course of the punishment he jumped up and down and screamed a good deal. The switch struck his shoe and suddenly snapped off short The end went whizzing across the room straight for Walters seat, where it hit him squarely on the nose, cutting slight gash.
 Dick, wio had been wailing aloud, saw the accident and burst out laughing.
 Serves you right, " he cried as he limped away to his seat. Chicago Ree0rd
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CUNNING OF THE LEFT HAND
Some of the Advantages That Are Pos
 sessed by the Ambidcxtrous.

Some of the Advantages That Are Pos
 sessed by the Ambidcxtrous.
 Ambidextrous men and women, or those who can use either right or left hand with equal facility, are not near ly so frequently met with as might at first be supposed-in fact, they are quite rare. This double faculty is, however, much more frequently met with among butchers and sailors than ill any other walks of life. Left handed butchers are numerous, as a walk through any of our large market houses will quickly demonstrate, but it is very interest ing study to watch one of them who will cut, chop, saw and handle his meat without once changing it from one side to the other on the block or changing his own position.
 In view of the many advantages de- rived from the ability to use both hands equally well many people have often expressed surprise at the action of edu- cationa1 authorities i'll insisting on the use of only the right hand instead of trying to develop all equal skill ill the other. They all stick to the right hand ed idea, however, and all old resident of Frankford. noted for his ambidex- trousness, is still mourning the loss of prize at school through the use of his left hand in writing, although he was equally skillful as penman with his right.
 The benefits derived from the use of both hands were excellently illustrated in the experience of two carpenters who lived in Frankford some years ago. Their names were Cross aill Walton, and the former was right handed, the latter left handed. As one was also very tall and the other very short, they made curious couple, but they always worked together laying floors and put ting up joiners' work in buildings.
 They could take jobs of this eharae ter cheaper than any other, becae they could work from either end tea each other so handily. Cross V square a floor board at one enl Walton would scribe and eat to fit at the other end and ilas down, work 2 together from ends.
 Left h. machinists are : at olissf,s tage, as machinery yariably at pted to people who right hanGed, bat the ambidcxs man or woman is always at Lon. whatever work is undertaken. Pm delphia Record.
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Diamonds in an Extinct Volcano.

An interesting discovery from geo. logical point of view was recently made by an explorer in the mountains of Wit zies Hoek, Natal. On the summit of an extinct volcano, on the edge of lake that occupies the crater, soundings re- vea1ed layer of sand inclosing small diamonds. It would be interesting to know whether these diamonds were there accidentally-that is, as the re- suit of washing operations carried on by the natiyes-or whether this discov- cry corresponds to an actual mine of diamonds, for the hills of Witzies Hook are not situated ill regions known to be diamond bearing. On the last hypoth- esis the presence of precious stones in the crater of volcano would doubtless throw some light on the formation of the gems in nature. Genie Civil.
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COUNTING APPLE SEEDS.

Beside the hearth one winter night, Made rosy by the great logs light, That, flaming up the chimney dark, Hit every cranny every nook, Upon the rug Q little maid Sat curleti in pose demure and staid In pensiye mood, with dreamy eyes, She sits, while up the chimney flies thought with every fiery spark, GlintinA and flashing through the dark, Till with sigh profound and deep She moves as one moves in her sleep. A rosy apple in her hand A weight of thought seelns to demand She taps it with finger light, Then carefully she takes a bite, another bite, now one, nov two. The core is thus exposed to view. Another sigh! What can it be, My httle maid, that aileth theei Ahl What is this? Some ineantation, Muttered with such reiteration2 Harkl As each seed her bright eyes see, These are the words that come to me:
 "0ne love, two love,
 Three love, l say
 Four 1 love with all my heart,
 Five I cast away" Here tear rolls brightly down. What the secret she has won? Who can say2 But just behind Sounds a voice so soft and kind: Look againi Thou must indeed Find for me another seedl' Roster her bright cheeks grow In the firelights ruddy glow. Sure enough, q eulprit seed Finds she in the core indeed. aFrom thy lips fain would hear What the sixth one means, my dear" .Six he loves," she murmurea los. And the firelight's flickering glow Two happy faces now disclose, With cheeks a-glowing like the rose. But here we'll let the curtain fall, For the end is best of all.
 Sacramento Union.
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FOR LITTLE FOLKS.
LEAP FROG.

4 Game of Many Variations, Some of
 Which Are Unusually Exciting.
 Leap frog, bombay, foot and half and sailors bombay are all forms of that game where a boy ties himself into q knot and lets his companions dig their knuckles into the muscles of his spine and leap over him. Leap frog is a sim. pie jumping of one boy over another. In bombay those leaping have first a free over, then they must leap upon the spine of the boy who is down first with their knuckles, then with slap on the part of his anatomy sacred to the slip per, then with kick in the same spot ns they are going over Then each lad must deposit his hat on the upturned back. Here is where the fnesse comes in; also little strategy on the part of the young man who is down.
 When companion for whom he has little love is making an over in "hot, "
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Game of Three Things.

Three things is game played by any number Of persons sitting ill row or circle. The one who begins gives to his left hand neighbor the name of three things beginning with the same letter, which the latter must then connect lL some way and then give three othei things 10 the next in line. When any one is unable tG connect the names he receives, he must pay forfeit, and the names are passed alorg to the next play CT. Thus .he player gives out, Hen' ham and heaviness y The second says "TThe Fl he hen tried te eat tho ham ane found that aeaviness ill the crop result ed. I give door, dinner and duty Ihe third says, I opened the door to go IL to dinner, when I had to go back to ful' till forgotten duty. and so on.---Ex change.
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. .oaoRs IN LIVING.

.nnetite and the Bodys J, p,ss,.I.s ,sa,.isy apps',rS Tor Food.
 ''r ;nd nothing seems to au- '<e roag'' atg appetite. Furthermore,
 soaId asel seem to be osi,ad strone ronetifea a8 'sp h l '4g fyom time almost imne- riiifiSoa soa, the the more a man eats eats the the dA tna' The quantity of food that kRE he IS S asfnrally eat is very large Eq poplgs poss with their actual physi- a1palsp, lsu,rements. Add to this the sral atjne lsag'a forms in which food is kIsg tslpps,1h a +o the palate by our modern snt.a .,ts. < in the sharpening of the ap- |llag al's' shs ante lndial cocktail, the |as y laT gorded the appetite by a bot |aa1s ,a au vine, v and the result is often gosa sn0tion of an amount of food 'a9srI gn5Iy orerwhelm%s % the asslmlla- ;e mia
 ,a anp' Such indulgence, if unre- alssau,l sna babitual, taxes both the as asa i.'a aar and the excretory organs to lla'!'SS 'Ssst capacity, especially when IsIsa with sedentary life, and, l.' more, e, 'l'9a 7. p, lpuds an additional impetus to
 Y Y. snrineing from the use of inn N, quality of food.
 ll.aIslu lls as was evidently adjusted for faa,'' saa., year and tear to an average I|sa ItaI' period af of about 70 years. Un. 's' N asr ps cent of extra work we must ' ',lIv Y expect impairment or break sad s',' the mechanism much earlier, s'nld s therefore excite no special sSs' that so large 2 proportion of our Fn do people die from Bright's dis, s,srt failure and allied diseases at s@ who should, and under prop spulated lives and habits would, stained the natural ago of 70 or
 paradoxieal though it may seem, ,sone usually spring from excep- s.Iy healthy stock and often point !, srido to the fact that their imme- ssepstors lived to advanced ages uSsars or more. This paradox, how { more apparent than real, for in- sr,tjou will usually reveal the fact hr the most part the parents in osses were people of more simple n such as corresponded with New |,snd life 75 or 100 years ago.
 IA trnth is that the well to do man
 ..g.s :. t faster age than that H tather aud grandfather. He meets greater opportunities and pessi- |ss and thezefore greater stimulus his energies. He more easily ac- |as pecuniafy resources, and in ka amounts, and therefore he pos sefeater luxuries of domestic life. these come greater temptations to a While he has often inherited ndd constitution from his ances- mike them he has run his phys mechanism at q breakdown rate, hnust of necessity more quickly
 out. -Charles ". Purdy, NJ. D, ath American Review.
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rhe eolored neaeon'a Figarative Prayer

The Golored neaoon's Eigarative Prayer.
 A white minister, after conducting services at a eolored church, asked an old deacon to lead in prayer. The broth- CT in black offered ferYent appeal for the white brother and said: 70 Lord, gib him de eye ob de eagle det he spy out sin afar off. Put his hands to de gospel blow. Tie his tongue to de line ob truth. Nail his ear to de gospel pole. Bow his head way down between his knees and his knees way down ill some lonesome, dark and narrer valley where prayer is much wanted to be made. 'Noint him wid be kerosene ile of sal vashon and sot him on fire. "--Roanoke News
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ANGER AND EGGS.
ton Man Says the Combination May
 Result In Death.

|siOn Man Says the Combination May Result In Death.
 SeTa cat eggs while you are an \ aid A. E. Stewart of Boston. attention was first called to this |e fact by the tragic and sudden Eefa lady acquaintance in Boston |M years ago. l accepted her hus- s invitation to dine with them. sBe were going in to dinner a Esdid something that caused the |pay into terrible rage. She had irritable from some minor eom- E ior several days, and her hus- falmed her ruffied feelings sufli- FF for the dinner to be eaten in FRmper l noticed that she ate an fally large amount of soft scram. sgss- Fifteen minutes after we a aming room she was a corpse. aa i'll frightful convulsions be- ae nearest doctor reached the
 me doctor was unable to ascribe iase' A few months later I was brother in Connecticut, and
 nls sons died under similar cir sAees- Before breakfast one morn s loy, who was about 15 years 'A llght with neighbor's boy.
 lls anger had subsided my WIS called to breakfast. He ate M ! boiled eggs. Had I known as nel as l do now I would have a'ea t. In less than a half hour 'lsaRlast the boy died with exact.
 aae symptoms that were present e: ~ lllend's wife died. This set alnhlng about the matter.
 'asn asn long after this before a ,sai slll friend of mine expired sud
 'sa @er . meal. The doctors, as n |a ssie s0 divided in opinion on the N, usa'n' Some of them contend
 ~, 'Was heart failure, whatever < aaa sau others are still holding out pss s's i. apsoplexy. Inquiry by me ss sa 'he fact that my friend was bs. ny when he sat down at table pss.,'a " ate five eggs. With these PaFa's s,s ,'s searched no further for
 ssss ' his death. He was angry, bIs ssi' !, ana he died. If these are bs N - the chain of cause and ef- ltbialiila allian Intellect is incapable of
 A'As' St Louis Republic,
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Ten rhossand s'slegrams at Once.

h 1871, at :. e ration held in New York ill honor ol Professor Morse, the original instrument invented by him was exhibited, connected at that mo- ment by wire @ ith every one of the l0, 900 instruments then i'll use i'll the coun- try At signal message from the in- venter was sent vibrating throughout the United States and was read at the same time ill every city from New York to New Orleans and San Francisco = St. Nicholas.
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Melting.

It was evident to the practiced per captions of the young woman that he was ill melting mood.
 As if to verify her acumen, as soon as her father appeared the young man ran. Indianapolis Journal.
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Discovery of Sulphur Mines.

It is said that the sulphur mines near Buckley, Wash, were discovered by q camper, whose fire on q rock gave rise to such fumes that he was forced to move long distance to escape suffoca- tion.
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@ed on Boston s,,oa,a

x- < 's-'s man looked up from his Is 'sis 'ssiis,-.the-girl lives in Bos- |tpan'a' 'u 'o hls chum. Don't t you Is ftsa, sa'a !, make a hit with her if I tl ttbs bss s,ll mes s' of poetryY"
 at tsan Auqw mo the verses by heart. , as sg4 tsia take any chances. I tried ] asa 'us once and got shook be-
 tags semieolon where there
 s:s, osen a comma Wash
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Within the last decade the population of Europe Las increased by about 30,- GOO, 000, of w hem Russia contributed 12, 510, GOO am Trance only G7,00o.
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In Sydney newspaper lately there was this advertisement: Wanted, a than able to teach French and the piano and to look after bull .
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Chess has been known in China and Japan since 30eo B. C.. The game of chess, as now played in Europe and America, dates from the sixteenth cen
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worst and wors.r

aa l,;OL T the Aston constables, lsz a''s. a.suaan, while in the wit Attbe le1Iatel q bull which |eol,'asus0 u0art ii a roar Describ- X al;s.'d sss q a man who had been sx s.ss.l 1'a. nee, he said:
 As jn q4sslendant. 4s He made the
 ts sssa'se. ,,'e |orld, and then lie
 m slss' p' 'lid made q worser.
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The Pens Fault.

Why lpw did tIose bIots come to be thefe?7 asked mamma,
 ssOh, said Mabel, 1T couldn't heiF that because the pen leaked '--- ouln 2 Companion
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-20
Amusemenis.

ACADEMY OF DEsIGN-Day and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
h of American Water Color Society. - A.. u..r,
ACADEMY OF MUSIC--2-S:15-Straight from .'e ie"A"
blu THEATRE 2-s:l6-Courted Into Court
BROADWAY NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. . brlen
CAsINO-215- si5--An American Beauty. rx.,,
COLUMBUS THEATRE-2-s;,o-The Great i'a"
Robbery ..,,. e.,k
DALY's TIIEATRE-2--Much Ado About Nothing
The Ceisha. -, -, MT.
EMPIRE rHEATRE-2:i5-s:9o.U the Ked hooe'
GARDEN THEATRES: 2o-Heartsease.
GAR2iCK MISUNDERSTANDING Service. -,
OR AND OPERA HOUSE-2-S-The Woman IN fi1ck
HARLEM OPERA HOUSE-2-S:15-ln Gay New-1ork
HERALD SQUARE THEATRE-2-sIS-The Girl from
Paris
HoYTS THEATRE-2-s:s0--A Contented Woman.
IRVING PLACE TFEATRE-2-sLTata-To
KNICKERBOCKER THEATRE-2-s15-AP Pair OF spec
tacles.
KoSTEr & BIAES-2-S--vaudeville. ,
LYCECM NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. First Gentlemah OF
Europe "
METROPOLITAN OPERA HoUSE-2-segfred
MURRAY HILL THEATRE-2-S-A Boy wanted
OLYMPIA MUSIC HALIr-2-S:15-Vaudevill
PASTOR'S-12:30 TO IL p. m-Vaudevile.
wALI.AcK' S-c-s: 1s-For Bonnie Prince Charlie
18th STREET THEATRE-2-S15-Sweet InnscaHa
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-20
CECIL RHODES on THE STAND AGAIN.

HE DECLARES THAT HE WAS NOT TRYING no
SIT IN KRUEGERS CHAIR.
London Feb ,s-The South African Committee
apponted by the House Of Commons 10 inquire INTO
the troubles in the Transvaal and particularly into
the raid made by Doctor jameson and his followers
into the Beer territory. resumed its sittings In
Westminster Hall to-day after two days recess
rbe hall was crowded with we-known spectators
cecil Rhodes formerly Premier of the Cape Colony.
who was under examination by the committee Al
M. time Of the adjournment Tuesday. was again
called IN the witness stand. Mr.. Rhodes was exam
,ped az to the cipher dispatches which passed Do
tuoan numerous capitalists of the South African
eta,vs OIL before the Jameson raid and
were later entered evidence at the triai VI 'ne
members of the johannesburg Reform committee
at Pretoria.
In the course of the examina ton of Mr. Rhodes
the chairman of the committee referred TO the
British High Commissioner Sir Hercules Robinson
NOW Lord RosmeadC Mr. Rhodes said that ne hdd
advised the Commissioner that II any rising shouia
occur he tthe Commissioner would better mediate
between the revolving party and President Kruger
with the object of securing the people their civh
rights Witness had gathered from what the Soui-
missioner said that he intended TO act as neol'
ator in accord with this suggestion, ana tnes
fore gave his personal pledge 10 ,r pwod 20 10
that place if an instruction should take place
Mr. Rhodes admitted in answer 10 dlrect aues-
ton. that he had not told the hisn no,uli, sn in
that he was actively engaged In promoting an IN
surrection. The object Of me rising, MI hi.SS
said obtain plebiscite TO ascertain hnes
the people were In favor OF a union OF ,ne ~
of south Africa or whether the administrator %
local affairs should be left to the IransVaai uo'
ment - .,- ~ -, aura cha, 7 vas
not going TO risk my position by changing fresloen'
KRUGER for President Rhodes
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-20
MR.. BISPHAM'S SONG RECITAL.

At an extra concert in the hall OF the Mendelssohn
Glee Club yesterday afternoon Mr. David Bispham
brought forward the complete set of lyrics from
Tiecks 'Magelone" romance set 10 music by
Brahms. The connection OF the songs with the
romance made plain by narrative In English
prose which Mr. Bispham read in the absence Of Miss
Elsie Leslie, who had been announced to read ii,
but was prevented by illness. Mr.. Hermann Hans
Wetzler paved the accomplishments lin delight
fully artistic manner. by-the-way) and Mr. Bis
pham humored his dramatic instincts by calling In the
assistance of other singers that the songs might
be apportioned among them representatives of
the various characters In the story. Thus ne sang
the songs of Peter. Miss Marguerite Hall those OF
Magelone, Mis- Marie Enge that of the Su.tan's
daughter cGeliebter, zaudert dein irrender
Fuss?'), and Mr.. Lloyd D'Aubigne the minstrels
romance. The device supplied the element Of variety
in degree, but 1t Is questionable whether 1t added
the effect of the and ii was certainly carried
too far In the last OF the set which sung in uni
son by the concert gver and Miss Hall. A few
years ago Mr. Heinrich Meyn and Mr.. Clayton Johns
performed tn, songs in the same manner at private
musicals in Boston and New York. but omitted three
OF the fifteen, and thus technical justification 10
Mr.. Bisphams contention (Which added nothing to
the merit of his delightful entertainmenD that his
was the first per Torrance in America of this song
cycle In its entirety" BY analogy II might be said
eQuaf GJrrcctness o.,uuoa. "Ta~~.'
still awaiting its first complete performance in
America though 1t has been given ten times this
season at the Metropolitan Opera House