Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-12-14

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The *Giant" balloon, in its late aerial jour
ney, performed total of $40 leagues, from
Paris COPS miles), in is hours. being at the
rate of 56 l-2 miles an hour.
Rev. Sidney Smith once attempted rhyme
to ''Timbuctoo," as follows:
''If | were casSawAry
On the plains of TImbuctoo,
! could eat a missionary
Blood, and bones, and hynn-book toO'n
Fifteen thousand persons died in London,
last year, out of its population of two and
half millions, for the want of ordinary sanitary
precautions. OF pure and wholesome water
the people Of London drink but little.
The central park in New York has three
skating ponds, the largest of which is 26 acres
in extent. The monthly attendance at the
park during the skating season is half mill
lion persons.
The office of the North Missouri railroad,
in St. Louis, was broken into on the night of
the 9th, and robbed of $4,000
A locomotive exploded on the Northwest
Virginia railroad. The engineer was blown
over the tree tops into distant field, part of his
clothing remaining in the branches. The head
and neck were forced into the ground when he
fell, and the body was horribly torn to pieces.
The fireman was so badly scaled that he can
not survive. The cars were piled up in a mis-
cellaneous manner, and the engine was blown
to an incredible distance.
Fashions FOR LADIES CLoAKs.-The Bea-
trce cloak is given in lie Bon Ton for De-
cember. 1t is of rich black velvet shawl
shape in the back, and cloak 'front.' ornament
ed with guipure lace insertion, and an ele-
CANT gupure founce. The Muscovite is very
graceful, and not very extravagant. The full
ness lies in large plaits. A large pelerine
forms in large squares in front. 1t is COM
posed of two pieces, which are joined in the
back; the seams are ornamented with inSer-
ton. One model is made OF velvet beaver of
a very dark brown. The tassel and insertion
are black.
In the stores there are many fine styles.
One velvet circular is brought out in admira-
Bile taste and excellence for service and COM
fort 1t has a neatly quilted black marcelne
lining. Around the neck is a tulled and rich
guipure lace of over two inches in width. The
arm holes are finished with the same fulled
gupure; handsome crochet buttons of very
large size, wrought with bugles and finished
with rich pendants, come as tar down as the
bottom of the waist in front. One such but
ton is at the top and bottom OF the arm hole,
gathering down the ends Of the fulled lace.
One of less cost, but equally charming in
style, is OF very heavy black silk, in long,
loose, sack form. 1t has elbowed, half loose
sleeves, and pockets. The bugle trimming is
elegant. 1t is like separate branches OF foli-
age laid on at Intervals, each side of the front.
the whole length of the sack. The cuffs and
the pockets are ornamented with the same
sprigs or leaves as the body, except that they
are graduated in size. There is no collar,
but the same graceful bugle trimming is in
beautiful forms, but much larger than that on
the upper parts. 1t extends about half-ya
up On the seam.
A long circular of gray velvet cloth, with
hoods and rich chenille tassels of brown and
white, is very lady-like, and also suitable for
any emergency of forms, as well as clear cold
weather.
A capital thing for the wear and tear of eve.