The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 6, 1902, Page 14

Erarrin) =5 NUTS THROUGH Phfl Take up on ZE|L 'Extx he plate.) mainir t and dec! it come e rough the bottom o othe Lift the hand and show t g down the pl held_between your nuts (w the third n to join tk DcLl(‘A TE FRAME OF head would f: spinal cord an n the web of a fam- ment referred to th ad from side that lect. th; .’V’,—.N The Necessary Materials for the Tricks in These Columns Are Found in Every Fun-Loving Home, or May casily Be Procured at the Expense of a Few Cents. WONDERFUL since the water d an days sports seem unfailing attr ; and at the plebeians keen an interest in rly swimming iber ‘ot both as as the R of Rome raised by ments, we some time means of a serie rtain d these oints ater sports orence as we r to get ated with a bright and Umberto Diaman for ni ving terra fir y into midair, ace of the water. swim to land with d even danger: beyond one’s depth. Thus he contest was hen the ction present and patrl- the and diving contests in ans aid in the old banks of the Tiber within the city ago artificially embank- lofty ng the hot months stablishments. the Arno at water vinz on a bieyele origin- Roman ve and daving together with the abii- riul and rapid swimmer. le along the top of ment of the Tiber into the river beyond. The retain control ove the ma- but atso and breath-catching de- After p down with the machine he a most awk- cue”’ to ef- one SUNDAY CALL LYNE DRRWYNG Here are three birds, a pelican, a pat rot and a pouter pigeon. The artist has drawn each of them with one continuous line. Now take a pencil and see if_you can do the same. After a little practice you will find it is quite easy. @ el et oo ool oot BICYCLE which called for more than the average amount of physical endurance, as well as for a steady head and unshaken nerve A very interesting contest was a ranged between young Diamanti as a cyclist and his rival, Borghi, on foot. his weird and extremely novel race was easily won by the iron-nerved cyclis both as regards time and clecan jum: There was tremendous excitement j befdre the race. came off, and d=ns crowds lined the high embankment ln.\t skirts the Tiber. The excitement quite at fever heat when the order given—"‘Go!"—and both c and foot runner started off at a pace. It seemed hardly possible that any sane man could deliberately ride a bi over so appalling a precipice; but, what is more remarkable, Signor Diamanti not only did this, but actually retained his presence of mind throughout the entire destent through the air as well as on riking the water, and even bereath the surface, for he brought his troublesome mount to land with little or no exertion, pplause of the spect tors Two were taken of the race. " the competitors immediately mnhdn - ment edge. 4 s, and appears at to pedal r-xp.tll\, prubdbl\ for show effcet. The other snap-shot, taken some frac- tions of a second later than the first, shows Diamanti and- Borghi in headlong downward flight toward the icoks as though the ¢ chine are beginning to part company. reality, however, Diamanti is endeavor- ing to perform some tricks or feats while DIVERS OF ROME. g L, e HARMLESS HOME-MADE BISTOL. Here is a toy pistol for boys who like to shoot. Our illustration shows the pis- tol after it is finished. The ammunition is cheap, consisting of small square pleces of cardboard. The haudle and barrel of the pistol are cut of wood. Along the top of the barrel runs a nar- row groove in which we insert the pieces of cardboard, as shown in the illustra- (N .| in midair for the gratification: of his ad- | mirers. Thé proprietor of the baths where these contests are held, Signor Ninoi Talacchi, himself one of the cleverest and most | daring members of the Roman Swimming | Club. Having been set so plucky an ex- | ample by young Diamanti, he himself es sayed several times to perform this most | wonderful of dives, and finally succeeded | in working himself up to the pitch of rid- ing headlong from the embankment fuliy | dressed and mounted on a heavy machine. Moreover, he, too, swam to the xhore and | brought the machine with him without as- | c—u feat which only an exception- | ally: powerful, and skillful swimmer could have omplished without some mishap | befallin Signor Talacchi wore his hat; but. while in mid air, a powerful bree about by his rapid fall, remo caused it to 5 One of ‘the most interesting exhibitions | during the past season was a diving match | in which the contestants plunged from the | parapet of the Ponte Cavour, a great height above the level of the Tiber. | The grand finale of that morning's sport | Parama and was .a novelty in aquatic rts, which | consisted of an extraordinary lunLh of bread, macaroni and wine, s 3 upon a platform which rested upon a_couple of lifé\buoys that floated quietly on the slug- | gish Ti The three rivals, Borghi, Talacchi and | remained for no less than thirty ing water"” at | a s exceedingiy deep, meanwhile partaking generously of the strange repast, and toasting their ad- Our English and American athletes have accomplished many remarkable feats upor bicycles, but, to the best of our knowli- edge, these bicycle sports have as yet been perfdrmed only Ry these Italian athletes. —Pearson’s Magazine. tion. A ltron rubber band is the means of shooting the cardboard. This rubber band is fastened to the point of the pistol with a small peg of wood rammed in the barrel. The rubber band is pulled back over a small round piece of wood (A) connected with the trigger. The trigger (szme as on a crossbow) pulls the sma'l round plece of wood downward freeing the rubber band, which shoots the piece of cardboard with great force. AN EGG T RYCK Stick “two forks of equal weight into opposite sides of a cork. Holiow out carefully the bottom of a cork in such a way that the opening fits exactly the point of the egg. It is not difficult to balance the cork on the point of the egs: place the other point of the egg upon the | rim of the bottle, as shown in figure, and new find the balance—with a little pa- tience you will succeed and the egg will stand upright as is shown in our illustra- tion. B — Mrs. Subbub (engaging cook)—I'm sure you and I will get along-together first rate, but I want to tell you right now that my husband is a very hard man t3 please. The Cook—Well, don’t worry, dear; it's aisy fer yez t’ glt a divorce these days.— ¢l Brooklyn Life. WV men who deal. in science from he abstract standpoint ever evolve M USI C FROM anything practical from their the- ories, but Professor Ogden Rood has proved an exception. A New York mechanic has constructed, upon the pro- fessor’s suggestion, a musical instrument of a decidedly novel description. Until informed no one would ever recognize the apparatus. It is part of the chandelier in the owner’s drawing-room. The basis of the affair is the so-called musical flame. When gas is burned in a cylindri- cal chimney of a certain length and width it produces a musical note. According to the angle at which the vapor is emitted from the jet, there will be either a sound or silence. A simple con[r(vance enables “BRING BACK MY DOG.” WHERE IS THE DOGP S W A\ ‘i\}\y‘\ \ \l\ WHERE IS THE WOODCHUCK? THE FLAMES. the owner by touching a button to change the flame from musical to nonmusical at his will. There are thirty lamps in_his chandelier so arranged as to make four cctaves. The keyboard is in a corner of tbe room. where it occupies but little space and might easily be mistaken for a convenient shelf on the wall. The music preduced by the flames is very pleasant. It is not as-loud nor as vibrant as that irom either wood or brass wind instru- ments, but is fuller and meore sonorous than a_whistie or a flute, An odd feature of the instrument is that playing on the flames does not vary the amount of light produced, the musical being indistinguishable from the non- rousical flame. All that the spectator ne tices is a delightful melody of unusu: timbre coming to him from the cha: deller WHERE IS THE SOLDIER WHO GUARDS m. ROAD?