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Shroeder,s Centennial Air.Shln.
Philadelphia Times.

AhllsihtA p.-ll AiiitH-
w. +. Shredder, a young German en-
thusiast upon the subject Of ballooning,
sent to the select and common councils
last Thursday proposition to illumin-
ate the city on the Fourth of July, from
an altitude of about five hundred feet
by means of an "air-ship" and calcium
lights and refectors, for the modest re-
Enumeration of $3.50. The Sunday World
interviewed him on Saturday, and was
shown diagram of the vessel, which the
irlgentor exclaimed. The "ship," which
IS how in course of construction, is to be
one hundged and thirty feet long, fifty
aEeet highF and fifty feet through the
= inter-. fl'he inner balloon is Of twill
-. - - containS one thou
~ s-.f7tIIfed yards, while the outer
~ yfllch5 covers one-third of the
inner and forms a parachute in case of
accident, is of eight-ounce canvas duck.
ff5e boat underneath the balloon is made
~ swire, is seventy-five feet long, five feet
high, and is upheld horizontally by wires.
She has three rudders, one at either side
amidships and one large one aft. Her
propelling power is a pulling fan, or
screw, in the bow. which will be driven
up to two. hundred revolutions per min
ute, if necessary, by ten-horse hydro
carbon engine, which can be driven fer
twenty-four hours on one gallon. The
whole apparatus, including the gas, viii
weigh four thousand five hundred and
eighty pounds, and the lifting power of
the ship viii be twenty-seven thousand,
for the hydrogen gas Mr.. Shredder in
tends to use has an elevating power of
one and one-quarter ounces per cubic
foot. the weight of the four thousand
two hundred and eighty cubic feet of gas
being one pound. For iliu-
purposes the inventor proposes |
-oRaave ten first class er-plated re-
4 &tors, ten feet each in diameter, sus- |
pended from the car, in which will be |
he apparatus of the calcium lights. Mr.. |
is most sanguine of success, and |
declares that from height of five or six
hundred feet he will illuminate All area |
# four miles. If the councils accept /
Ir Shroeder's offer, and the air-ship
hould happen to prove success and
hey its inventors will, the centennial
Exhibition will have added to it feature
hat will attract the attention of the
rhole scientific world.
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1t seems that the memory OF this woman,
! like that of her renowned husband, is likely
| to be kept alive to the end of time. She is
said to have possessed very irritable tenn
| per, and her name has become synonym of
| d vixen" or scold.'' 1t is more than posi-
| bic, however, that the judgment passed upon
| her by mankind has been too severe. A
more charitable disposition would undoubt-
eddy have discovered in her many good quail
| tiles and have attributed her failingS more
to physical infirmities than to moral obi
quitv The party most intimately acquainted
with her, and therefore best able to form
correct opinion, gives her credit for many
domestic virtues 1t is now well known that
many of the diseases to which women are
subject have a direct tendency to render
them irritable, peevish, cross, morose, I'M
reasonable so that they chafe and fret over
all those little ills and annoyances that
person in health would bear with composure.
it is fair to infer that most of the tantrums
of Xantippe were due to these causes alone
and could Socrates, as he returned from the
Senate the Gymnasium, or the Atheneum,
have stopped at Pestle & Mortar's Drug Store
and carried home a bottle OF DIR. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription, now and then, no
douht he might have evaded many "cur-
tain lecture allayed many domestic
broil," made it much pleasanter for the chill
dren. and more enjoyable for himself, and
rescued his wife's name from the unenviable
worldwide, and eternal netOrity it has at
tanned. thousands OF women Dless the DAY
on which DIR. Pierce's Fayorite Prescription
was first made known to them. A single
bottle often gives delicate and suffering wo-
men more relief than months of treatment
from their family physician. In all those
arrangements causing backache, dragging
down sensations, nervous and general debil-
itv, it is a sovereign remedy. Its soothing
and healing properties render 1t of the utmost
value to ladies suffering from internal fever
congestion, inflammation. or liberation, and
its strengthening effects tend to correct dis
placements of internal parts, the result of
weakness of natural supports. 1t is sold by
all druggists.
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History of a False diamond.

A curious object was sold few DAYS ago
at the auction mart of the Hotel Drouot.
Paris. 1t was a false diamond exactly
like the famous Regent. So far. there
was nothing extraordinary in the fact
many pastes having been made before
in the same model. But the counterfeit
just sold for 30 francs was twenty-seven
years ago palmed off to an unsonbis.
ticated dupe as the real Regent for fine
trifle of 100000 francs. The story il
worth relating. One day in 1916 a
Frenchman, calling himself the Comte
de Boissat, waited ON Prince Toryeni of
Naples. :. belong" said he, "to one of
the richest families of France, so rich in
fact, that it recently bought some of the
crown jewels, and among them the ceIe-
brated Regent diamond, which / hold in
my hand. Being rather pressed for
money thought / would apply to Won
to lend me 100000 francs on II, The
prince believed the Frenchman anJ
lent him the money. Needless h SOW
the "Comte de Boissat" did not tI,rn ~,
again. The prince subsequently made Z
present of his bad bargain to an actress
who died in Paris the other dav. and tbe
false diamond figured among her effects
that came under the hammer.
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A Murder Disclosed in a Dream.

Isaac Randolph, the negro who muir
dered his wife at New Haven in the
spring of 1856, gives notice that he will
apply to the next legislature for a re-
lease from the state prison, to which be
was sentenced for life. The murder
created a great sensation, and the story
of it is very interesting. He killed the
woman with a wash-board during a
quarrel, and probably did not intend to
strike the fatal blow. After the murder,
Randolph cut the body up and buried it
in his garden, planting corn and beans
over the spot. Several days after, Rob
ert Coe, the father of the missing
woman related with great impressive
ness the particulars of a dream which
he had on three successive nights
He said that Mary Ann came to him
crawling on her hands, and when he
asked her why she did not walk, she
replied that she could not, for her legs
had been cut of. Each night she APP
peared to him on the borders Of a small
brook which then ran at the foot of the
garden. At last the garden was exam
ined, and the body was found.-jSpring-
field Mass Republican.
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..nr.roc ran n...,s.

al. .ceu, that il has become fashionable for Ia
di.s 10 ear dresses trimmed with the brght lea.n-
70 fashion think that the feathers preserve their
fints better when toll from the quiVerinS Oony Vi
the living bird
O lady fair-sf beauty most rare,
Will the sn,ooth nt.eenIy brow and glory OF hair
With delic tie rose-booai on lip and on cheek
'ris 10 you on behalf of the birds. must speak.
Have YOU no care, no pity 10 spare,
For the dear little t-1id wild birds o the air
Must their plumage FIR 'D agonized bodies oe lnrh
That their brightness your head or your heeis may
adosni
o lady fair-suppose that you were
4 sweet little delicate bird o the AIR.
Eloatine in sunshine and singing with joy
Then suppose cOa,se, brutaiizsd hobble-de-boy,
Roprh a. a bear. had spread out a snare,
And pinioned a poor featheTed captive down there
Whose fiutterinE movements and piteous cries
Drew YOU down TO the earth from those sun-liShtee
skies.
Caught in the snare ali, what terror, despair
As with hideous laughter aud cOvetous lare,
-FOUR horn-handed capt0r with mereliess clasp,
Crushes close your poor wings in his snotherihi
grasp
One weak Httle cry-one appeal OF the eye
Though you know It's in vain, for you kno" you
But, torture Of tortures the wretch with grin
Pucks your beautiful plamage from qulYefing SKIN
"Miscreant, why? If it must die,
Oh kill il quicxiyr' Hear his reply;
lis for fine ladies I pluck ibis ere gull;
II wiring its neck fast its blamed feathers 80 dull
Now, LADY fair-now, viii you dare
Tempt such ruifans to torture the birds o the air
should not beauty be guardian of beautiful things
OIL once more be Earth's angel, and leave then
-Harper's Ba-aay,
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'.United Italy" Not All rs Nice
as 1t Sounds.

From Augustus J. c. Hare's New Book on italy.
The abolition of the religious iustitu-
tons has been grievously felt throughout
the county, and there are few even OF
the friends of Italian unity who have
not had personal reason to experience its
injustice. When Days near Rome ;"
appeared, one Of the reviews regretted
that its author should not rejoice that
Italians were no longer called upon
"to support swarms of idlers in vest
ments and hordes of sturdy beggarS in
rags" This Is exactly what Italians,
with regard to the old ecclesiastical in
situations, were not called upon 10 do.
Tie converts and monasteries were richly
endowed; they had no need Of being
supported. 1t was, on the contrary,
rather they who supported the needy,
the sick, the helpless and the blind
among the people, who received their
daily dole of bread and soup from the
convent charities. When the marriage
portions of the nuns were stolen by the
government, there was scarcely any fam
lily of the upper classes throughout cen
trail Italy who did not suffer; for almost
all had 4 sister, aunt or cousin "in re-
ligion" upon whom portion of Ct 900,
95, 900, or 10000, had been bestowed.
their hands, her fortune confiscated, and
with an irregular paid pension of few
pence a day, quite insufficient for the
most miserable subsistence. The En-
glish press is slow TO see the injustice of
these things when it affects other nations.
1t is strange that it should not see il as
affecting Englishmen, as in the case of
the large tract of land which was pur-
chased by the Rev. +. Douglass, upon
the Equiline, and which was coniscated
by the government on the plea that it
had been used for religious purposes.
Those who declaim 50 loudly upon the
advantages of Italian unity are often I'M
aware of the extreme difference which
exists between the people and the Ian
guage in the north and south Of Italy
that a Venetian would not in the least
be able to understand a Neapolitan, and
vice versa. The difference often comes
out when the absurd red-tapeism of the
government is put into action. For in
stance, when the heat makes it impossi-
BILE for the troops in Naples and Palermo
to support their winter clothing, the sol
diers shivering on the icy streets o.
Parma and Piacena are put into brown
holland, because throughout "United
Italy" the same order must take effect.
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4 FAMILY moved into the lower story
of house on West Adams street recent.
ly. The people who occupied the upper
story smiled with fiendish glee as they
proudly gazed on their own five children
who were playing toy-drums and other
instruments OF torture on the steps, but
when they saw that there were four
grown-up daughters and a horizontal
grand piano in the ranks of the invaders
their confidence was somewhat shaken,
and when at night the unmarried son
took out his clarionet, and his father be-
gan to practice on the key-bugle, they
UNANIMOUSLY declared that as the landlord
hadn't calcimined the coal-cellar, they
would move out and find some place
where people had some regard for their
neighbors' peace Chicago Times.
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they began to talk very earnestly.
Things went on all right till, getting ex-
cited, the man on the grating said:
"I tell you, if ever specie payment is
resumed there will be the greatest fall, !"
and then he gave his chair hitch and it
settled back as though its hind legs had
sort of struck in, and it went back so far
that he shot out over the left hand side
and bit his cigar in halves and skinned
his elbow. When he got up he had for
gotten the thread of his narrative, and
observing, too, the bland appearance of
the bystanders, he suddenly remembered
that he'd got to catch that car, and he
went and caught it.-Detroit Free Press
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The Railroads of the World.

DIR. c. Stuermen, of Bromberg, Prus-
STA, has collected statistics showing the
railroad construction in the world during
the year 1875 and the total number OF
miles in operation at the close of the
year. With corrections Of the United
States and Canada made by the New
York Railroad Gazette, the summary is
aS follows.
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pEePLEXED.

Which is the truth-the. fierce, cold wind that
wildly
Raves at my window in the storms mad
din,
Or the sweet voice ruling the red glow mildly
And merrily within?
Which is the truth-the poignant pangs and
sorrows
That wiring the soul and pierce the flesh Of
man,
Or the bright joys ana dreams OF raPturous
morrows
That gild life's little span?
And shall my tears flow like mimic river,
Or shall my face be lit with ceaseless smile +?
All, heaven is full of happiness forever
Here let me weep awhile
-CSlcste ". 4. HInsiolc al lime dad'stfc
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, still liveY Did he still keep his chair

he still live? Did he still keep his chair
at the opera?
Ten wears change many things in this
world: 1t is not only thrones that fall
Other things than dynasties pass away.
While small things become large, the
large ones become small. The wheel of
fortune turns.
one morning, as Mile Pierrette was
reviewing the tulips in glass vase, the
maid who served her said that rather
shabby man desired to speak with her.
"Some old broken down dancer, who
comes as an old comrade to ask meteor a
louis thought she.
1t was indeed an old man, but not a
dancer. The visitor, on the contrary, APP
peared to be person of distinction, and
was of a fine and imposing figure.
| Whatever you might think it was easy
to divine that here was some fallen great
ness. Clothes once elegant, but now
threadbare; number of trinkets at his
fob, but the diamonds are gone; in his
hand a hat which must have undergone
the vicissitudes of three seasons at least.
Mademoiselle," said he, bowling. ." l
am the Comte de Boismorand." Then
seeing that this name woke no answering
chord in the mind of the ex-ballet girl he
continued.
"Ah, it is true you have never seen
me, you do not even know me by name.
Well, am the habitue of the opera
pardon me-the anonymous friend who
one day at the Office of NJ. Conturat,
rue Louis lie Grand"
"Deeded to me an income of six thou
sand francs?"
g Alas yes, Mademoiselle
Then with q deep sigh he added
g We have proverb which says, who
has drunken, will'drink; who has gam
bled, will gamble / lost again and
again. / was completely ruined RI ned
at the age of seyshty-five, when INliava
been all my. life free from want is
hard, Made1noiselle.: llat can ?
What can 4 bee Men Of thel Sd
|faass and ts3fli shassss, eess@i
-
NJ le n3Inte ksfRy
Pierrette, mofingt toward her desk 1T
a moment. = viii s1tggrn you your se
deed"
aFor 1sss whole sum2 All! Made
moisefie, y donot ask so much"
Then with his most diplomatic tone
and manner, NJ. de Bsasmorand explained
in terms of great delicacy that what he
wanted was a very simple thing, viz,
that she should arrange for his admit
lance to the refuge Tor the aged at Sainte
Perimine.
Altogether" he added, g this will cost
you one thousand two hundred francs
year-for a little while"
As she insisted on returning ALL he de-
cidedly refused.
Saite Perfume, Mademoiselle, no
more, no less"
NJ lie Comte de Boismorlnd died at
Sainte Perfume in 1855.
Every year on All Saints day Pierrette
goes to lay bouquet upon his tomb.
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HOME TOPICS.
FoR TIE CHILDREN.

Lime and milk, according to the
testimony of an experienced physician,
is a most useful compound, not only
for infants, but at a later period
of life, when the functions of diges-
ton and assimilation have been seri-
ously impaired. A goblet of milk to
which four tablespoontuls of lime water
have been added will agree with any
person, even when other food is oppres-
sive and fails to afford proper nourish-
ment.
RECIPE FOR LEMON PIE WITHOUT LEMON.
Take one tablespoonful of corn starch /;
wet with cold water, thicken with
a teacup of boiling water; then add the
yOlks of two eggs, one teaspoonful of
lemon extract, half teaspoonful of tar
taric acid, and sweeten to taste; make
nice crust and put in the mixture let
it bake until nearly done then beat the
whites OF the eggs with two spoonfuls of
pulverized sugar, to froth, and spread
over the top of the pie, and let it bake
TO light brown.
RECIPE FOR STEAM PUDDING.
Chop a cup and half of suet and one
of raisins together take one cup OF
molasses, two of sweet milk, three and a
half of -four, one teaspoonful of soda !;
steam three hours. If there is any left
it will be Just as good the next day by
steaming it just long enough to heat it
through. Use sauce.
VINEGAR PIE.
One cup of sugar, one cup of vinegar,
one cup of water, one teaspoon of lemon,
butter the size of an egg let it come to
a boil thicken with corn-starch, about
two tablespoonfuls of starch; put in the
starch until it becomes thick. The above
will make two pies.
RICH JUMBLEs.
One cup of butter, three cups of sugar,
eight cups of flour, six eggs, one table
spoonful of soda, two of cream of tartar,
one grated nutmeg. Roll ---lss--l----s
form in rings, and bake on fiat tins.
WHITE POTATO PIE.
For one good sized pie take half pound
potatoes, boil and mash, and while hot
squeeze one-half lemon into it, with a
good sized piece of butter; add one cup
full white sugar, two or three eggs, half
teaspoonful of mace, and CRATE nutmeg
on top of the pie.
WELSH RAREBTT.
Cut piece Of bread about six by three
inches; take off the crust, toast it and
| butter it on one side; cut a slice or rich
| cheese Of the thickness of the bread and
sufficient 20 cover the bread place il
before clear fire at an angle of forty-iye
| degrees, where it Will toast briskly.
! HOW To COOK RICE.
The best way to cook rice, or, indeed
any other farinaceous food, Is TO Toll j
in a double kettle or in pail set within
| q kettle
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WHAr SroppEp rRE ARGrMENr

WHAT STOPPED THE ARGUMENT. -
Two men, with spare time on their
hands, seeing some arm chairs in front of
q furniture store on the sunny side of
the street, thought they would sit down
a minute or two and smoke and talk up
specie payment. So they sat down, and
re man who was on the negative side
carefully fixed his chair legs on two bars
of the grating over which it stood, and
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HoRsE-CAR views. A gentlema, saws
/" When am seated in crowded car and
lady enters, think some other n nor,
ought to get up and give her a seat
look around to see if any man will Do so
and when ! see them all keep their 800 80
] hide my face behind my newsnar,.r a a'oCi
blush for my SEX" t'si aiiu
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Corn and flour are staple articles; but
not T,o-e so that Jobnson's Anodyne Lini-
ment, where known. 1t is good for children
or adults, for any internal soreness o. the
chest or bowels, and the best Lnlment pre-
pared under whatever name.
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CHAPPED hands, face, pimples, mig
tons cured and rough skin made soft and
smooth, by using Juniper Tar Soap be Sc care,
full TO get only that made by Caswell, hazard
& Co, New York, as there are many l@ita-
tions made with common tar, all Oh winch
are worthless.
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FOR SCIENCES SAKE.
Lieut.. CamerOn's story of His African
JOurney-ImpOriant Information
Gathered.


At the banquet given to this brave
explorer on his arrival al Liverpool he
gave this brief summary of his travels:
left England ON the Both of Novem-
Der, 1872, and went to Zanzibar with
Sir Bartle Frere's mission. There were
tour of us-myself, Mr.. Murphy, DIR.
Dillon and Mr.. Mofatt, nephew OF
Livingstone, who was too young for the
hardship of the journey. After great
deal of difficulty in getting men, | started
with my first caravan in company with
DIR. Dillon in March, 1873, leaving Muir
phv and Moffatt behind. Mofiatt un-
fortunately died before he rejoined us,
but Murphy went on with us over
countries travelled through before by
Burton and Spoke and Stanley, to Tn
vanvembe. Here DIR. Dillon was taken
i'll and had to 60 back, and | had difficult
ties with some of the natives, who offered
opposition. Let me say here that 1t was
not with the better class of Arabs, whom
have found to be in the best sense OF
the word, gentlemen. On Livingstone's
BODY coming in, Dillon and Murphy
went back with it, and / after much de
lay, travelled by the same rout as Burton
and stanley to Ujiii. There l met
Arabs again and received aid at their
hands | spent over two months there
in surveying Tanganyika, and after
rounding its southern end | found out
what always thought there must be-
an outlet on its western shore. Thence
went to Nyangwe, Livingstone's fur
thest. and found out that this outlet
the Lualaba, which is really the head
waters of the Conga. After in vain try
ing to get boats | went with an Arab
Hamed ib-Hamed, to his camp to try to
Dirk my way to Lake Sankarra, into
Ihich the Lualaba falls: but the chief
on the opposite bank refused passage.
" then worked, away to the south TO
tl.exe l thought there were Portuguese
- n.baasountry of Kasonga,
49, -mahibn-ssilim, who was very
,kind to ne. Here | fell in with Por-
rtugese subject named Aloiz, who said he
was going Direct to the coast; but he was
unreliable and delayed me more than six
months During that time | was able
TO visit one lake and to see another
named Congo / afterwards followed
down the water parting between the
Zambesi and the Congo, until | got into
the Congo basin and my examination
enables me to say that they constitute
one of the most magnificent systems OF
internal water communications in the
world. The Tanganyika and the Congo
could be joined for the purpose of nayi-
CATION by a canal thirty miles in length
The riches of the country are unspeak-
able, and l could not attempt to describe
them now but | am sure that the cen
tire of Africa, especially on the west side
of the Tanganyika, IS destined one day
to be the scene of civilization and pro-
ductive trade. From its mineral wealth
and agricultural capabilities it will be
one OF the granaries of the world and the
scene OF iron manufactures when other
parts of the world have been worked out;
and if my journey does anything towards
Fastening the opening up of this part of
Africa l shall consider myself amply re-
paid.