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Show rait oc vne nan witn wings. Herr Lilienthal has for several week been making attempts at flying 'rout a little hill artificially thrown uy for the purpose near Gross Lichterfelde, in the neighborhood of Berlin. This enterprising enter-prising engineer mounted the hill with two immense wings fastened to his shoulders. Then, half running, half flying, fly-ing, he attempted the descent, but frequently fre-quently his wings sank helpless when half way down, and he never succeeded in reaching tha foot One day, however, the wings bora the experimenter a little farther, but only to let him fall into a neighboring pond. His wings were broken and he himself wonnded, but ht will probably renew his attempts. London fjtar. |