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full of bricks following him : the same thing is repeated with a hod full of mortar. The bricklayer is then seen laying the bricks; one by one the bricks rise into his hand, and the mortar jumps up on to the trowel, until three courses of bricks are laid. Very amusing, interesting and puzzling
Length 170 feet
4182 ... THOSE TROUBLESOME BOYS.
Labourers at work with a road rammer; two boys at play a little w.iy off; another man conies in with a pail of lime, which lie puts down, and beckons the other to follow him ; while they are away, boys come and play witli the rammer ! labourer returning, one boy runs away, but the other having his back turned is caught, and gets his ears boxed ; runs away crying. His companion is seen consoling him, while the labourer, continuing his ramming, shakes his fist at them, and orders. them oft. However, they hang about, evidently hatching some mischief. The boys steal away round behind the labourer, and one of them puts a board across a brick, with the upper end just behind the labourer, while on the lower end he cautiously puts the pail of lime. The labourer gradually working backwards, evidently brings his rammer down on the raised end of the board, and semis the pail of lime all over him. It takes him some seconds to discover his whereabouts, but seeing the boys a little distance off enjoying his discomfiture, he gives chase. Length 102 feet.
4230 CLOSE QUARTERS : "With a Notion of the Motion or the Ocean "
View of cabin interior, showing two occupants just getting out of their bunks, and not at all enjoying the rolling motion of the vessel. They tumble about in a comical and realistic way in their endeavours to dress, getting hold of each other's braces, and various other comical situations. Our of them at last has to keep his head very close to the wash stand, while the other, opening the porthole to get some air, gets a tasto of the ocean as well. A novel subject, certain to be popular.
4204 THE ACROBATIC TRAMPS
Old gentleman has been doing a bit of carpentry, and is just shouldering his 'tool basket and moving off when two tramps appear over the fence, and do some rather remarkable acrobatic feats (assisted by leverse movement in the comera). They see the old man coming, and scamper off, one going over the fence, and the other climbing a tree, which he pulls over on top of him. The old man goes away again ; tramps reappear, and do some marvellous feats ; seeing the old man coming again with a gun, one, tramp turns a somersault and disappears ; the other rises up in the air and als > disappears ; old man points his gun up in the air and fires, tramp tumbles down all tern to rags by the shot, and is chased round and round by the old man, finally disappearing over the fence.
Length 104 feet
4205 INSECTORIUM. Fight between Spider and Centi
pedes
This is a very remarkable subject, and shows a full-grown Spider attacked by Centipedes. They are all very much in earnest, and there is great execution. Hie appearance on the screen, as these insects are so enormously magnified, suggests a battle between pre historic monsters. It is of great educational value. Length 90 feet.