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But ding an Air Ship.

Mr.. G. G. Loeber, native Of Ger
many, who was at one time q member Of
the New York bar and later a resident OF
San Francisco, is said to be engaged at
his work rooms, on Albany street, this
city, in building air ships. He says
that, after years of study, he has dis.
covered law Of motion that will make
it as easy to navigate the air as it is now
to navigate the ocean. The means by
which he hopes to accomplish this OBJ
ject will be steamer, which, he says,
will carry its own fuel, carry passengers
and carry freight as easily as if resting
upon the water. 1t will be of steel in
the form of bird with outstretched
wings, the wings themselves immovable,
though the mechanism for elevation and
propulsion will be situated in them. The
part of the machine representing the
body of the bird will contain the steam
boilers and engines, and will carry the
coal or other fuel necessary for the pro-
duction of the power required. 1t will
also be fitted up TO accommodate pas
sengers and to carry freight. Mr..
Loeber claims that the machine cannot
be overturned unless a tornado is en-
eountered. He places great faith in his
scheme, and, in order to obtain money
to carry it out, viii probably soon de-
livery a course of lectures on air naviga.
ton in this city.--Bostoa Transcript.
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Shaved by Lightning,

A story from France describes a very
singular experience of young woman
in that country. While she was walk ing
in thunderstorm, under the shelter OF
an umbrella, she experienced a sudden,
strange sensation which filed her with APP
prehension, but was seemingly without
other result. 1t was only on reaching home
half an hour afterwards, and on remov-
ing her hat, that every bit of hair on her
head fell on tho floor, and that she learn
ed that she had been touched by a-thun-
derbolt in most delicate and remarkable
manner. Her head was shaved as clearly,
the story says, as though the work had
been performed with a razor. AS soon
as the young woman learned what had
happened to her, she was Frustrated by
nervous shock, and the physician who
attended her gave it as his opinion that
she would not recover for several week s..
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WOMEN TAKE A BACK SEAT,
stormy Scene Mt the Session of the
National Grange,

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Nov 1S-The
National Grange, Patrons of Husbandry,
which has been in session at Philadelphia,
djouined on the 18th sine die During the
morning and afternoon sessions the report on
agriculture, pre- ented by Gov. Robe o Maine,
was discussed A stormy scens occurred
W hen the question of woman's rights came
up for consideration. The lady delegates
warmly favored what they considered the
Advancement of their condition and to get
the subject before TIE meeting they caused to
be appended to the repor5 OF the commit ee
on agriculture a cause declaring the order in
favor of an extension of the rights of women
Acting upon the superstition that
the committees report would be
as a whole, they Incorporated
i'll their own report The request that the mat
ter be taken up by states. W. A Armstrong
Of New York opened the ball with an earnest
speech, in which he said he no ed The clause
would remain. General j. n. Lipscomb,
secretary of state of South Carolina. thought
the matter of woman's political privileges
entirely outside The purPO eS of the order
Governor Robie of Maine warmly seconded
Mr.. Armstrong; position, and speeches
i'll favor of retaining the clause
were made by Mesdames E. S. johnson of
California, Add S. Hale of Connecticut.
Truster and others. while Gen Lipscomb was
supported by j. NJ. Blanton of Virginia, ].
II. KimbrOugh of Georgia, Gov -eie.t Luce
of Mich. W. X. Williams o North Carolina
and several others from the South. After
a long debate, motion to strike out was
carried, % to 9, all the others refusing to
vote
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AN EMACIATED CREW.
TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE FROM HONG
KONG TO NEW YORK.


The ship J, sephus of Newcastle, Me-, Capt.
Rogers arrived at New York on the 18th
rom Hong Kong after a voyage of l49 days,
with merchandise TO c. Pustan & Co., and
anchored late in the afternoon off Liberty
island. The Josephus lost her third
mate and ioor saamen during her yoy-
age by death from curonic dysentery. When
she was about one month out from Hong
Kong the disease made It's appearance on
board, and soon affected nearly all of the
crew to greater or less degree, AMI at times
there were scarcely enough men to man the
ship. All efforts to check he disease were I'M
awaiting. Caleb Murdy, third mate, of Bos-
ton, was the first to succumb and
he was buried at sea July %
On Aug 20, James Kennedy, seaman, a
native OF Ireland died, and SIX
days later Seaman Julius Chris! Jansen,
| Il Norwegian, passed away, On Oct. y
John Hetherington, seaman an Englishman,
died and thi, death was followed on Oct %
| by that of Alexander Robinson, a Nova
Scotian. The dead We're al buried at sea.
Oct l, the ship put into s.. Helena for medi-
cal advice and medicine The dysentery is
thought to have been caused by foul water,
of the voyage, and u.cd both for cooking and
drinking The crew, on Their arrival at thi
port, were all in a more or less Cmaciated
condition, and showed, in a very marked
manner, the signs of their terrible sutferings.
The Josephus is owned by B. f. Metcalf &
Co. of Front street.
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LADIES' DEPARTING Mt,
Atuar Hsro,s Statue.

Regularly once month the fgune oi
a woman, closely yelled, is see in Nc
PheYson square, usually about twilight,
She is of good figure and quito prcpos'
sessing. She will sit on ono of the park
settees for few moments, VIII lilo her
gaze is riveted on the magnificent cques'
TRAN statue OF the deceased General.
Twenty-six years ago Miss Emily lloir
man, one of the richest bellies OF Balti
more, while visiting out West, met and
fell in love with Gen. Mcpherson, and
shcy became ailianced. The G encra
was engaged in the war and could not
spa,c time for the wedding; besides the
well known Southern sympathies of the
Hrffmaus was another cause OF the post
poncment Of the wedding, The dark
days of strife continued, and the Gen.
cral fell in battle, with the miniature OF
his sweetheart pressed to his --breast.
The lady never recovered from the shock
and regularly visits the statue of hcl
hero. - Washington Letter.
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Fashion Notes.

Seal plush is the rival of seal and
otter.
Pale pink wales prove to be more be-
coming than red ones.
In the new dresses the seams Of the
waists are whalcboncd.
Red and brown is the favoritc color
combination for children.
Little girls arc wearing their skirts a
little longer than last season.
Coral brooches, neck laccs, and brace
lets arc revived for full dress.
Hairpins of shell have handsome
heads set with imitation jewels.
White astrakhan is used for little
children's sets of muff and collar.
In frocks, basqucs and mantles tho
shoulder seams are made very short.
For elderly ladies' gray watcrcd silk is
combined with black cashmere in gowns.
Plain jerseys are seen no more, being
unbccoming except to perfect fig
urc.
Fine smoked pearl buttons are from
four to six dollars dozen, and very
stylish.
Long pale plush is very stylish for
trimming. The longest is fully three
inches long,
Heavy double faced wooden cloths arc
fashionable, and some of them arc very
soft and pliable.
Drapery sleeves are still proving them
selves more and more fashionable as the
winter advances. ~
Among the pretty fabrics for evening
wear are the Grape lissc pattern dresses
| embroidered in colors.
Jackets of full jet beads are worn i'll
second mourning over lustrclcss black
surah or gros grain silk.
Bonncts of soutachc braid are quite
stylish and appropriate as an accompani-
ment to wooden costumes.
Large circular cloaks arr worn in Lon
don, and in consequence it is. probable
they will ere long cross the water.
Beautiful wraps of sparkling jctted
fabrics arc trimmed with fluffy feather
trimmings, thick with glittcring jets.
The corduroy is now used for ladies'
tailor suits, and is trimmed with
a large cable cord outlining the edges.
A snowy novelty in trimming is the
silk braid on which arc woven cut jet
beads. This trimming is in severa
widths.
Beaded ornaments are sewn upor
the front breadths of black silk
gowns, giving them the effect of bcadeo
brocadcs.
Jaunty fur garments are little toe
short in the back to be called long
wraps, and little too long in the front
to be called short wraps.
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Care of the Hands.

The care of the hands is an all-im-
portant part of lady's toilet. To keep
the skin smooth and white, the nails
tinted and filed, with the half-moon
visible at the base, requires constant at
tcnton.
A noted actress, travelling on her
beauty, has professional manicure dress
her hands each evening. Society women
spend much time polishing their nails;
busy women can only follow slowly and
snatch moment each day, to keep them
in presentablc appearance and endeavor
to retain as long as possible the beauties
nature has given her. For proper care
of the hands manicure set is absolutely
necessary and can now be easily obtained
at reasonable cost.
A few hints for its use, our lady
readers may appreciate. Soft, warm
water is the best to use for washing the
hands; little borax dissolved in it
whitens and softcns the skin. A most
important thing is to properly dry the
hands aftcrward; if this is not properly
done it reddens and chafcs them. With
the curved, pointed ivory push back the
skin from around the nails, and file them
until they do not extend beyond the
heshy ends of the fingers, giving each
nail rounded, slightly pointed edge.
Then use the fine powder and shammy
polishcr, rubbing them to satiny pink
tint.
A woman's fnger-nails are just as much
pearls as her teeth, and should be as
priced and carefully attended to; her
hand has a great share in expressing hel
thoughts and feelings. Its use and
qualities arc an open index to her whole
character.
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plunged into the grease, and then, all
luscious and dripping, conveyed to the
cavcrnous mouths Of the assembled.
After this came tho dessert --reind eel
cheese cut into pieces, dipped into the
grease, and eaten with horn spoon or
fingers. Huge draughts of corn brandy
washed all down. Right diligently was
the bottle piled, with ever and anon a
quatf from the grease bowl, to keep
the brandy from taking too much
effect, the grease leaving its traces on
the drinkers faces, till at last they ahone
in their fatty coating. Now began the
''rcal wedding jpy"-gucsts singing and
shouting with all the vigor of owerful
and healthy lungs. Songs were inapro-
vised, generally scnsclcss, because the
improviser was so. Soon some Of the
guests fell asleep on the table, and were
shovclcd on TO the scats-or under
thcmr-against the walls by such OF their
comrades as were able to take part in the
next proceedings, j. c., dancing, il such
it could be called. Alrcsh rose tenn
pest of shouting and Jumping wild
scene, we arc told, our ears cannot con-
ccive. Fiddlers scrapcd and sorapcd,
and were encouraged to scrapc yet loud.
CT, while some Larp, more musica than
the Others beat time with IL pothook On
the kettle bottom. Soon the floor was
dotted with the forms OF those who were
too drunk to jump any more, and there
they lay snoring, while their comrades
hoped and roarcd over them till they,
too fell amid the slain. The general
ending was that the whole party slept
together on tho foor.-Notcs and
Queries.
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FOREIGN.

Canadian agents at Gloucester and else
where report TO the Ottawa government that
American fishermen have sustained a loss of
2l0,00J barrels of fish by being kept OUT of
Canadian waters this year.
Emperor William and Empress Augusta
have decided to confer medals upon couples
cee rating golden or diamond weddings
after an exemplary life.
The Golfers in Wales have voluntarily
submitted 10 5 per cent. reduction in their
wages, in order to prevent stoppage of
work at the mines.
The German imperial war budget for 1887
IS asks for a credit of 100000 marks for
Fort tications on the frontier, which are re-
quirel to meet new methods of attack.
The Chinese government is prepared to
entruSt the postal service between China and
Europe to the North German Lloyd.
Tie marriage is announced of Maria,
daughter of Marshal McMahon, to Count
Pennes, son Of ex Empress Eugenie's
equcrry.
Queen Victoria gives $50 to the fishermen
of Arklow, Ire.
against Switzerland.
The Swiss village of Fremstein has been
destroyed by fire and number Of thu i'll
habitants persisted in the flames.
The Dutch Government is negotiating with
the German Lloyds with the object of having
the steamers of that company call at Flush
ing instead of at Antwerp after July |, 1887
The Belgian Government opposes this
scheme
1t is proposed to keep the German army
down this year to peace basis-427, PA men,
The company started in Berlin to compete
with the Government postal telegraph mo-
nopoly hiss collapsed. Lower rates were
charged and branches were formed in the
leading centres, but the public failed to re-
spond.
J. Lackaman, Toronto agent of the Canada
Pacific railroad, has absconded. His ac-
counts are $500 short
A Frenchman has been engaged in ship
ping arms to County Kerry, Ire, where he
sod them to moonlighters.
Gen. Cadena, President Diaz's bitterest
enemy, has been killed by an assassin.
City Treasurer o. F. Page of Biddeford
Ne. has resigned.
A bill to cut off the town of Proctor from
Rutland has passed the Vermont Senate.
Stephen A Felch, q car inspector of the
Boston q Lowell railroad, was run over and
killed at Nashua.
Boston water officials will visit Marlboro
to look after the towns sewerage system
with view 10 preventing pollution of Bos-
toms water supply.
Jeremiah r. Laary. warden in one of the
election precincts OF Fall River, was arrested
for objecting the presencs of the Uni ed
States supervisor behind the rail on election
day
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Ice Rivers.

Ordinary glaciers are accumula tons of
Ice descending along valleys from snow
covered elevations. They are ice streams,
200 to 5000 feet deep or more, fed by the
SHOWS and frozen mist above the limit Of
perpetual frost. They stretch on 1000
to 1000 feet below the snow-lIne, because
they are so large that the heat of sum-
mer cannot melt them. Some of them
reach down into open cultivated tracts,
the extremities of the Grinderwald and
Chamouni glaciers, for instance, being
found within few hundred feet of the
gardens and houses of the inhabitants of
Of the valleys. The best known glaciers
are those Of the Alps-numbering 1850,
as Prof. Helm has just ascertaincd, and
covering a total area of more than 500
square miles-but important ones also
occur in the Pyrenees, the mountains OF
Norway, Spitzbergcn, Iceland, the
Caucasus, the Himalayas, the southern
extremity of the Andes, in Greenland
aud on the Antartic lands. One of the
Spitzbergen glaciers stretches eleven
miles along the coast, and projects in icy
cliffs 100 to 400 feet high. The great
Humboldt glaciers of Greenland, north
of the seventy-ninth parallel, has 9
breadth of forty-five miles at the foot,
where it enters the sea. This glacier i.
but one of the many in that icy land, ir
the interior OF which, according to Nor
denskjold, one may pass cv vast
ocean of ice and snow, 1900 miles long
and 400 miles wide, without seeing {
plant, stone, or patch Of earth
ATkdus1o Trdpeller,
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A Horrible Form

OF malarial disease is dumb ague. Constant
drowsness, sleep interrupted by chill, sue.
ceeded by consuming heat, and that by an
exhausting sweat. sensation of numbness
from cold, but no shaking attends it. Hos.
letters stomach Bitters Invariably eradicates
1t, though 1t is the most obstinate form Of
miasma born disease. To conquer 1t with
quinine is as impossible as to battle down
Gibraltar with howitzer Malarial disorders
of every kind are attended with arrangement
OF the liver, fact evinced by the saffron tint
which the skin assumes in such diseases. For
this symptom, as well as for its cause, the
dyspepsia, rheumatism, and inactivity of the
kidneys and bladder, are also relieved by
this fine Alternative,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-11-25
Cypress Lumber.

Cyprus lumber is slowly but steadily
making place for itself in Northern
markets, and it may be expected that
its sale and use for various purposes will
grow with unceasing rapidity. This
lumber has been called the white pine
of the South, and it certainly merits
the title in a good many important re-
spects. 1t is adapted to number Of
purposes for which only the best white
pine was considered suitable few years
ago; and there is hardly a question that
it will be found available hereafter for
many more. In Southern and south
western districts and especially on the
Texas prairies-it is bound to cut con-
spicuous figure, and is likely to furnish
in few years the bulk of the finishing
stock used in that section, as it does now
good part of the shingles. For the
manufacture of the latter it unquestion-
ably surpasses in peculiar fitness any
variety of lumber that has served as
food for the shlnglemaker's saw. 1t is
reported to offer resistance to the deterio.
rating effects or weather exposure that
admits of no comparison with other
woods available for like purposes, which
alone gives it special value that is hard
to overrate. The stock of good cypress
timber, moreover is not large by any
means, and as the production and con-
sumption increase the value of the
stumpage is certain to enhance rapidly.
1t is good stuff to buy and better stuff
to hold-to those who are lucky enough
to have any in their possession. -Lum.
h1rn110
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Youny English NJ tlens,

Until they so into the world they are
modest and retiring to a delightful
degree. There is sweetness and SIM
plcity of manner in highborn young
English maiden which is irresistible in
its unconscious charm; natural timid
grace that reminds one of the movement
and expression of a fawn; dclicacy rs
exquisite and pure as the first breath of
the morning. They are natural, and
therefore womanly; fall apparently of a
rcprcssed but genuine feeling that half
frightens them with its unaccustomcd
and mysterious sensations; as bewitch-
ing at this period as any woman in the
world.
After they are aout," much of this
peculiar attractivencst is lost. The soft,
easy grace becomes cold and formal
manner or hardens into naughty super
ciliousncss. They join in the hunt for a
husband, and sickle at nothing to bring
down their man. Or if they live in the
very dissipatcd set, they contract n
hppant fcrwardness that suggests and
sometimes surpasscs the conspicuous
manner of an undegbrcd American belle.
Adam Bade0u
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Mothers and Daughters.

A young girl, beautiful and attractive,
while engaged to be married to an hon
est, honorable gentleman few years
ago. became cntangled in the tolls of a
scapegrace, who wished to marry her
solely for her fortune. The girl was gid
dy and weak and unable to free herself.
"Why do you not go to your motherG"
asked friend. 'It is she who should
protect you from such villain"
'Mother is at the head of two or three
charitable organizations" was the reply.
"She has too many foundlings and emf
grants and ragged schools to care for to
attend to my love affairs"
Her mother knew nothing of tho mat
ter until she broke her engagement and
married the man whom she feared even
before marriage, who treated hor with
cruelty and forced her to leave him in a
year broken hearted woman. Like toe
many American girls, she was left tc
choose her husband without the help OF
advice of any friend.
Now it is right for mother to take
part in organized charities, and to care
for foundlings, emigrants, Of
any other of Gods needy
creatures, provided she does moi
neglect those children whom He has put
especially in her charge. The duty of (
mother toher girls does not end whcr
she has fed, clothed and educated them
One of the most womanly women il
the court of Queen Victoria, hersel
middle-aged, presented friend to he
aged mother with the tender words
"She is not only my mother, but m.
most intimate friend"
How many of the giri-readers OF tn
Companion claim their mothers as al
intimate friend2 1t is usually the faul
of the daughter if this loving comrade
ship does not exist Youths Com
panion.
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A Lapp Wedding.

Down the room was long table,
covered with course cloth, perhaps, is
for grand folks, but much more likely
in its native baroness. Upon the ar
rival of the wedding party the feast be-
gan. Boiled meat was brought in a
large dish, or just as likely piled up on
the table till it was full. On the top of this
came dirty bowls full of grease. Round
this savory and appctlzing repast gath
cred the hungry Lapps, ravenoui as
wolves, and fell upon it with appetites
that would astonish any western dweller
in cultured land. They came to cat,
and they did cat. Lumps of meat were
seized by natures forks-ingcrs as
black as coal, innocent of water for I'M
know periods. clad in ancient CRIME :
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SYMPATHY FOR ANARCHISTS.
Chicago Knights of Labor Den0unce Ia
Recent Trial Unfair.

A Chicago d!sratch of the 18th says: At a
regular meeting of district assembly No a.
K. of L., resolution was adopted denounc-
ing tie recent trial of tire condemned
Anarchists as having been conduc-
ted unfairly, and sympathizing with
them in their efforts to obtain new trial.
The full scope OF the resolution is not clearly
know, but is believed to contain even more
radical clauses than those mentioned Dis
trict Assembly No. "a has membership of
nearly 10000, embracing all the knights of
Labor in Chicago and Cook county, except
those in Packingtown
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APPARENTLY STRANGLED.
Evidences Of n Foul Crime Near Provi-
dence, 1t. L.

Emma Pearson, the young Swede woman
whose body was found half buried under
leaves hard by the road between Hills Grove
and Pontiac, about seven miles from Provi-
dence, had been in this country about two
years. Sho had been employed at the
Elizabeth mill, Hills Grove, and wa'
known as a quiet won an who notably avoided
companonshp, especially of the Eale
sex. she was about 81 years Old She left
her home on Sunday, the 9TH inst, to walk
to Pontiac and visit friends and was never
seen alive thereafter. From the fact that
companions of hers who were to have ac-
companied her Oh that Sunday passed over
the road only half an hour behind her, it IS
evident that the crime that was committed
was done away from the road, as they saw
nothing suspicious There is evidence TO
show that "A hours or more after the perpe-
tration of the deed, the body was carried In
the night time in a wagon TO the spot where
found. The woman's neck was almost broken.
Finger marks were plainly visible about the
throat and she was evidently strangled.
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Two 1856 Gold Medals.

Messrs. Mason & Hamln again havc
tho distinguished honor of having been
awarded the highest gold medals over
all exhibitors, American and European,
both at Edinburgh and at Liverpool, tho
two most important exhibitions of the
year 1896. Since the first great Paris
Exhibition of 1867, the Mason & Hamlin
Organs have invariably received the
highest honors at all great worlds ex.
hibitious.