Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-02-26


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PERnoUs DESCENT OF AN AERoNAUr The
Augusta Constitutionalist publishes an account,
yiven by Mr.. 5. A. King, of q balloon ascen-
ion made by him from that city. on Wedues-
day afternoon, oh instant. The cable was
!,oscd at 4:l5, and the wind being high, he
moved off rapidly in uortheastcry direction.
At length, it becoming dark he found it
necessary to descend, and the result Of his at
emrt he tells as follows:
Il now allowed the balloon to settle gradually,
with the view Of landing as soon as an opLor.
tuni,y offered. hoatcd along for some time,
however, before clearing came in my way,
when this came at last in the shape Of q field
walled around bv o thick wood. The rate of
speed at which | was travelling, and the un-
certainty with which height is measured by the
eye in the absence Of daylight showed nc the
difficulty of landing under such circumstances.
The attempt was made however, but without
success. just touching the tree tops on the op-
pC>ite side of the lot. | had one bag OF ballast
lett 1t wos Immediately thrown over, and
kept the balloon out OF the trees for While, but
It soon settled again and brushed the tops OF
five or six pines, causing it to rebound from
hfty 70 one hundred feet This brought to
cicw another field just ahead, on which were
number of naked dead pines. 10 have the
balloon impaled on one of these is probably the
most dangerous position in which the aeronaut
.ould be placed, and would much rather have
taken the chances among the green pines, but
nv ballast was gone, quickly let go my drag
rore. hoping to clear thom by letting the rope
.lrae instead Of carrying its dead weight IN tie
basket but ii was not enough, and IN another
moment the Hyperion dashed broadslde
AGAINST one of the tallest OF these 1endish' IooK'
ing skeletons and was fastened in 1t arms the
sudden escape of all the gas must OF course tol-
ow, and wnat them? jumped on to the edge
Of the basket, seized the drag rope with my
,:apds, took turn around one leg, and the
next moment would have been safe upon the
Ground but the gas had escaped In less time
than it took me to make my preparations, anu
With with a crash the rotten limbs gave way,
anl the whole mass fell together. The
distance from the ground must have
been from fifty to sixty feet ana how L
escaped with whole bones seems to me, at this
moment miracle The shock was terrible,
arose Immediately to my feet, staggering about
ike druken man, and yet astonlshed that l
was able to do so much. l soon reganed
strength however sufficient t. enable me 10
reach a house near by, where found some We.
lay in their power to render me the assistance L
needed. / suffered" much pain during the
pirht, and did not pretend to sleep but by
Thursday afternoon had so far recovered as 10
hc able to sec to the packing of the wreck OF
The balloon, and at seven 0 clock that evening
started in a wagon Tor Gourdin station, on the
Northeastern Railroad, fifty miles from Charles.
ton and eighteen miles from where L landeu.
HOUSEHOLD RECIPES. -Giblet Soup-Thc
e:blets must be well cleaned and slnged; put
them into some strong veal or gravy broth with
shaliots chopped very fine. Great care must
he taken to keep the stock cilskimmed when
rroncrv stcwcd, putin wneglass OF MADEIRA,
salt. pcppcr, and mace, slted fine, and little
lemon acid When the rawneSs OF the vine
and lemon is gone So. that no flavor nredoml'
natcs, ponr it into turecn aud serve hot TO
lab!c.
llush or Indian Muilins lake quart oil
nrS milk: stir into 1t two good handsiul OF ln
dian meal stir it until 1t comes to a boil take
Il If the ire and star in lump OF butter the
>iIr Of an cog and salt to the taste; let 1t oe-
come quite cool, then stir in teacuptul OF
yeast, and -four enough to make stiff sponge.
Cover it and set it to rise; roll the sponge
about quarter Of an inch thick cut 1t ou,
with a tumblcr; flour your grddIc well, and
lake thoroughly over 4 brisk hrc turning theh
frequently to prevent burning. DO not Sc
hcm in too warm 9 place to rise, rs they WI
he apt 10 sour
How to Make Coffee. First, solrmny dc
tcrminc in your mind never to allow an onnc
Of ground coffee to enter the door OF the Eltcn
m. If no one about the premises underStand
the art of roasting coffee, then buy II read
roasted, and iry and find a dealer who has nc
soaked all the essential Juices tro'n the cole
before putting it into his oven. 1t the roastc
icrry is about twice rs large as when green
acpcpd upon it the sscalawag Great Humou
Pea and Coffee company have detrauded you
Get an carthnrn pot-you cannot make goo
,ofsc or tea in thin vesscl-and put tn
,rnuni coffee in 4 clean white flannel bag, an
lc sure to rut enough in, and drop the ha
INTO 4 not. Pour on boiling water and let
.1ccp DO not boil IT, The coffee Will steep
twenty minutes, Never break an egg Int" co
trr, and never i'll! up with water the secor
.imc. pcur on in The BEGINNING, the a9Eu 9
ii water needed. An ordinary teacuptuI
rr,und coffee is>suflicient Tor three persons
l,Se Java. Mocha, or Java and hlo nike
Follow ,llis recipe, and you will never con
plain of poor cotlee.-Am. BWtd@.
\ yourg lady in Newark, when her lcalo
nimiIcr sent back her letters with requt
,ha, Sic would return hia, answered that $
,5r1ctted that she could not comply lmme'
atciy as she had lent them 10 4 young &c
tleman 10 read