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Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-06-01

grain; and, If they are very bad, they
put match to their timber. The
grasshoppers, the papers say, are not
very bad, and by attention to these
remedies they are sure to be eradi-
Gated So far as heard from this is the
only effort required in saving crops
from grasshoppers in Kansca.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-06-01
Southern District Agricul-
tural Society Of Cal.

Office andWorks situate in Los Angeles county
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT AT
IN meeting of the Board of Managers OF
said Society, held on the Sth day OF May, 1870
an assessment of five 1857 dollars per share
was levied upon tire capital stock of said So
ciety, payable on or before JUNE 8, 1873, to :.
F. Burns, Secretary, at his office in the city or
Los Angeles, CAL
Any stock upon which said assessment
shall remain unpaid on the 5th day of June,
1875, will be advertised on that day as delin-
quent, and unless payment is made before,
will be sold on SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1875,
10 pay the delinquent assessment, together
with cost of advertising and expenses of ale.
]. f. BURNS, Sec.
Los Angeles, May 8, 1875. my22 I'd
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-06-01

The Bazaar, corner of Main and Re-
quena streets, has just received an i'm
mense stock Of new goods, consisting
of clothing, dry goods, boots, shoes,
hats, etc., which they will sell at bot
tom prices. Call and examine their
stock. mi
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-06-01
Thursday, July 1, 1875,
NORRIS VINEYARD,

The price of lots is fixed at $500, payable in
monthly instalments of s2O without interest,
until paid.
This Association offers fine opportunity for
persons of small means to procure, on terms
which they will hardly feel, a homestead In
one of the most desirable and improving see
tiOns of our city, only a few steps from the
Main Street Railroad, which Is now nearly in
operation, and directly on the line of the pro-
jected railroad by Washington street to the
Ballona.
Subscription list at the Office of the Secre-
tary. ED. A. PREUSS,
my5 Secretary.
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ALMANAC FOR NEW YoRK-THIs DAY.
PORT OF NEW YORK, NAY II, 1873.
CLEARED.


stramcr SCOTIA Bn, Leitch Liverpool via Queens
town-C q FrancKlyn.
steamer CUBA, Mcintosh. Havana, 4c-F Alexandra
Steamer old Dominion. walker Norfolk, City Point
and kichmoad-Old dominion steamship 90 -,
steamer Glaucps. Bears Bosinp-h Dimock
BARK Aph rodite (Brl, Bass. Liverpool1randal Bros
Bark krey hoggerson Ger, Jsnss, Londoh-funch,
BssE Ringdovs ,Br. Brucs Galwsy-PeabOdy. willis
Barr Glcnville (Bri, Monroe, Bahia-Geo Bulley.
Hark EDWARD Aloro Brj, Grant fictou, Ns-Perkins
Brig Rising sun. Grinnng. BarbadOs-L, Arm
Bris Marie Dutch, Hansen, 81 Martins via sombrerO-
Brig Mary Snowiion, Mckee. Port al Prince-R Mur-
Erg iMyronus Higgins Caraenas-Jas Henry
Brig Minnie Traub scaife hatanzas-Jas Ward 4
schr victor Nickerson Para-BJ Weinberg
schr Maggie Abbot Abbot Para-B weinberg
schr BAKER. Cook, Cieufu-gos-Jas + Ward 70.
schr Nils Graham, Green Turtle Cay Wen
sehr speedweI. spauldng, Harbor Issnd-BJ Wen
scnr NJ orifnng, Stocking, Harbor Island-B Wen
sehr Mary ellen, HawkinS TarpAn Bay-B Wen
schr Jnlia Decker. freeman. Governors HarOor-
sehr tephen waits. watts, Hamilton ,BermudD-w
schr Grecian Bend CBr' Godfrey Transport and Wind.
eOr NS-J n whitney co.
schr Iampieo. Bonhon lndianola-syana Ban 90.
Schr A IaDer Benson. lndianoia-iupper Beatte.
scnr A hcKeen, hcKeen Jacksonvlle-ParsOns 4
schr Enchantress Phillips. savannan-Eyans, BAH
schr Mary II s,ockham, cordery. Georgetown. Sc
Schr Annie Moore Phillips, Richmond. va-van
sehr LIZZIE Florence LippIncot, Richmond va-van
sehr MSrsie Dallins. DaIIing Portiand-c + Hstcn.
scnr Golden city, howes Lynn, hass-DezraW ste
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NEW YORK HERALD WEDNESDAY MAY H. 187s-rRrIE SHEET

the burden alone; but he felt sure mat
New York would not allow any such thing TO take
place. Let us, then, as a regenerated,
reunited people, make true the words OF Patrick
Henry when ne said. ''Phe boundaries OF the colo
nIea are effaced forever; | am no longer a Virgin
ian; ! am an Americana Loud, enthusiastic
cheering.l
SPEECH OF MR.. ERAsTUs BROOKS.
MT. Erastus Brooks sAld:-lt Is the custom IN
all these festivals for the press TO be remembered
At the close, because, suppose, the press Is NOT
so much expected TO create ne ideas as 10 recall
and how old ones. Ny own thoughts here turn
naturally 10 the past and know that echo your
sentiments wnen hope that your chairman may
1--we longer Than have time 10 tell tADplausel
upon this altar now being reared ana 20 be nm
that win not invoke the god OF battles, but only
peace and good Will ali through the world. Jap
plause.i II You are 10 have success IN your en-
terprise, there should go out from TINS hail an APP
peal TO the hearts and minds Of the
people 10 stand by this national EN- en-,
by you in the attempt TO establish a worlds
fair, and am sure mat echo the sentiments Of
my brothers OF the press when wish you nearly
COD speed. (Applause.) Honor TO the FOUNDERS
OF the Centennial, prosperity to It's managers and
unoounded success TO the enterprise. tGreaI
cheering and unbounded enthuslasm.)
Mr.. Uanyert, one OF the French Centennial
Comm issloners who had just arrived yesterday
from Paris, then proposed. IN broken but en-
tnusiastlc English a toast in honor OF the
"French and America sister Republics which
was received with rapLurous cheering, and the
proceedings terminated AZ SIX O'Clock. The
special train brought The excursionlsts back 70
New York before eight O'CLOCK and during the
trip every one spoke In terms OF enthusiasm OF
the delightful III amer in which the day had
passed, showing that the intention OF the mer-
chants OF Philadelphia has met with gratifying
success.
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FOREIGN PORTS.

AsrISwnI, May s-salled. steamer Colon, Tanner.
ARrcIao. PR. April 22-in port ship David stewart
arg. Forbes. for Baltimore ldsi bark Hume,
B1aA, April I'm port schrs Modena tBr) Paton for
clIsSRiFs; April 2s-Arrved, schr Jonas smith. HodG
sailed April 30. schr L Davis Sterling, New York ;
Nav 3 bark Genn, Gerry, doi bris Nellie Ware,
H1Sasi May s-Sailed, bark Regina Tolck, ray New
York schrs b Farnham, Brewster Philadelphia
sailed ilth steamer Gussie simpson Indianoia; scnr
Agnes Grace smaey, north q Hatteras
Arrived 10Th, brig Onalaska shaw, Leith; llth steam
err City q Merida, Reynolds, New orleans and Vera
HALIFAX, May l-Anryed, steamer Carroll, Wright
MITaSzAs NAY s-Arrlved bark fremont Carlisle
Boston; sehr Jas Potter. ogden, g Jonn NJ
rs o bS SsTE MpssvI s ysr as
mis- Darrah north q att-ras; schrs Ida Buard ana
Mos5ESsts Nay S14nysd steamers rTg,sisn Or,
PoIsTA PIrRE April 2sn port brig Ella Vail IBID, Cor
New York next day; schrs George Emily mn for
PoEI A. PEses AgTli sI,Arriyea, schrs Forest Home,
ton; 18Th Noble slocum sieper shieidsborongh Miss
lgth steamer Abs BIZ Fergason, View YORK schrs VIM
New orleans.
ship James Duncan Liverpool i9r gharot town; orgs
Fleetwood Barbados Tor Do Y hennessy Halifax for
- PfsaRs Mart April 2I-rn port brig IDA L Raw for
Phiadelpha- % SAL IA days schr Annetta Tor Huma
s. DoMIveo crr1 April n-Arriycd, schr Gen Gonzales
sAeUA, May, l-Ar,yed, bark Kate Or. Murphy. Ia.
vana brig Gipsey Queen Conner, santander, Sd, brig
W n Clements Br) evils Havana.
Arrived 6th schrs bhie ingalls, Ing ais Machlas Ne
" Magee, Hudson, Portland
sailed TIN brigs Lily Br Lawrence, north OF Hate
Mary Bartlett Thompson. do bark 4 II Armstrong.
hauran, New York; schrs Alpha, salisbury north Of
Hatteras, James Gordon, Champion, Delaware Break
water.
sYDsEY, CB, May lo-Arrlved, steamer Polino. New.
foundland; schr q w Moore, Boston.
81 JoHx, NIB, May lO-Arrived, schrs Emma tBD,
Bockard, New York; Carrie tBrl, B0nneil, do
Arrived llth, brig Proteus fBri, Fair. Boston.
TURKS ISLANDS, April 30-ArrIyed, schr + Racket
Asmus, New YORK.
Passed by April n brig Jones CBrJ, Gammage,
from New York for Port an Prince.
yALsscIA. April 2-sailed, brig Nettie, Mackay, Bue
Ayrea
Gardner san Francisco. stella Mars Vrl, Gerard, do
sailed "a, bark Midas, Cook Francisco
WINDSOR, Ms, May l0-Arriyed, schrs l. Sergeant.
New York 4 ClausaD. do
YARMOUTH hS, May 3-Cleared, bark Freeman Dennis
Or, Scott Delaware BreakWater.
ZANZIBAR. March 25-sailed, bark Taria Topaz, Ia.
horue
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AMERICAN PORTS.

ALEXANDRA, May lO--Arrived. steamer Johnl Gib-
son, New York schf Aired Brsbrook, Boston schr
Hampshire; schr j cordsr S Bosom; sehEs 4
EmiIy Eayor. VIM L Abbott ana Isabel Aberto-fof
saiied-schr Annie X Ketchum. Boston; schrs Jennie
Rosane, Mary Riley, X. Kirk, Florence !. Lockwood
and Amira Wooley iron Georgetown9 NJ No.
BOSTON, May lO-Cleared, schrs Thomas " haven,
Racket Georgetown Dc; George Fcssenden, Beebe,
nth-Arrived brig Livonia tBr,. Glow, cienfuegos,
schrs MarRie, Mcfadden, Numacoa VIA Newport kIi
% romo wooseg = Asre ,hAyn Brave: fess Ss 20
johnson, Bean, Natanzss Lizzie wilson, wilson do.
VIA Sns .esr fanny na as WI
mington, NC, g PaIkhurss hodgdon. weehawsen;
es Hsnay' sSboEsn HerbeS Msaton ecro%e DO
Cleared steamers Algeria BIT, MONOGRAM, Liverpool
s; VIM Lawrence, Howes, Baltimore; bark Morning
RoSps5 hay Ira IsrsSes ceemsn New YORK.
Challenge Marshall do q Hayden. Green, Hartford.
Sailed -stssmers Algeria and Perkiomtni barks sea
BALTIMORE, May lo-Arriyed, bark stefanIno gtsn.
Collins Matthias Charleston; Buck, Miller, Boston Ar.
Beiow~ship Mccarum, Moody, from Lobos Island;
barks Emmanue Nor, Knudsen, from Krageroe Vim
ceared.viscount Macdnn CBp. Wright Belfast, Ire.
ll-Arrlysd, schrs u Fisk, Wixon, Boston; Electa
Also NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Elizabeth CLARK. New York;
barks Paramount Holt, Nayassai Emmanuel {sw,
Cleared-stsamer Blackstone, Hailett Providence
Also Cleared. steamers Foley Charleston Hateras,
Swift New York Louisa walker, Edenton NCi oco-
polio. oueenstown or plymouth; Mimi txus Tomimch,
Dublin sohrs Aldine, DenpsOn, West Indies; Cumber
ssed@Bsrk May Queen, Rio schrs Maggie ", Rivers
Fort dc Frances Ccphas Starret West lndies Alice ?
-skU2swIcK May il-Arrived, schr wave Crest,
BANGoR Nay s-Cicared, brig open sea- Hatch, Phil
adepnia tchr WIN stevens Elweh, do hickersoh'
B00THBAY, Nav 3-Arrived schrs Exeter, Pendle
ton. and L!dridge Ver, Arey, kocnand ior new YORK
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ARRIVALS.

REPORTED BIZ THE HERALD STEAM YACHTS AND
HERALD wHugsT0SE TELEGRAPH Linz
ass oSssniiowa y WITH mdse ana 81 5sse@ser %
ssa Ass'y wse ssa y sy bsnT SO
passed a German bark from Liverpool ior sandy HOOK,
from Amsterda Tor New York same time bark "IIum:
esu9s wss sas hsne ar iS s bound
Steamer Iybee Gardiner. = Domingo city April ~
Plata 9Th and turks Islands stn, with mdse and
steamer san Jscinto, Hazard savannah Nay 6, with
mdse and passengers to r Garrison
wIlh mdse ana DsssenFers % 9uintard 20. 80.
sss Norfolk with mdss and passengers . ne DID Do
1hip ssrsR sof Yarmouth E saunders Liverpool ~
days 10 ballast = beyd hilesen Apra u no iAi,
a. sS9Fsf , Ssss snm s oos es;s .Is5sr,
with rags % order, passed gibraltlr sarca =
days win wine, &c, . Lauro, storey Co Passed
Ssrk BrssnIerG Ger. Jschsns rio Janero IS days
via -snee 70 Cnas Luling Coi vessel = Pgyensiedt
90 crossed the Equator April ~ 70 loo y had hne
Bars Rocket AtEinson Curacao Is days Win salt and
Bar Linia Abbott tof Liverpool vs. scobey Arroyo,
I cssado; vessel no master
Bria swim son andersen Palermo % DAYS Nth fruit
Passed Gibraltar Mareh .. lad suons ~ and NV
srs 1ibsG@s tSorg iverson Palermo sldays with
fruit 70 BORING Bros Co vessel y Funch kdye 70.
srg selma lot Boston Baser, cardena, IS days via
before reported vita moasses . Il Howell son
Coz vessel 10
Brig II Iopd t0f Calais, McGuire Trinidad Is days,
win sugar 81 master.
schr Harry White tof Bucksporu Hopkins Points.
Ptre Quad, IS DAYS with sugar 70 4 vataDlc son
vessel 70 Miller Houghtou.
schr Eugene lo Kingston, Ja), Phnebert Kingston,
ia ~ days with sugar and rum 10 Charles stlner.
schr ArUna u John, NIB, Mitchell, AguAdilla. PR
IL days with sugar 70 d Rivera 60; vessel y I
schr 4 A scribnsr Cof Philadelphia. smith, Havana 0
days, with sugar 70 Cebalios ~ vessel 70 Evans
Bali a 90
Delaware Breakwater, u days, with Oasses 70 Brown
AT II DAVIS Sterling, Caibaren 10 days, with
sugar 70 Fernandez Cayo, vessel 70 Jonas smith
schr n Hancock tof Bottom, Hg1st, sagua days
with sugar 10 Noses Murphy CO.. vessel y a BAKER
a Co.
schr Ida Eldn1ge, EldridEe Trinidad via Delaware
Brrakwatsr Is DAYS. with sugar 70 MISTER
Achr Charlie Cobb (Uf Rockand) kennedy, Baracoa =
DAYS with fruit 10 Lluhi Co vessel ~ J Wenberg-
sailed In company with schrs MORO Castle and Fhebe
Tor New Y0rK.
schr fbe5e. Medero Bsracov days with NUT 70
7 PearsaIl vessel 70 Dollner, Potter Co
schr Equator ot Nassaut Ranger Eleuthera days,
with pineappies 70 JOS Eneas
schr i Bryan Lee Woodstock Fla, days with
ihmper 70 koss -. Nsssci " Benuy, Vtdefseefe
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80 NOTICE TO CAPTAINS OF VESSELS ENTER
ING THE PORT OF NEW YORK AT NIGHT.-The NEW
YoRK HERALD has adopted distinguishing coson Eight
signal for use on board the HERALD steam yacht show
ing while burning the coors red green, red, changing
from one 70 the succession and be sew
era miles distant Captains OF vessels seeing this
signal will obnge by preparing any marine news
they may have for the Ship News Department Of the
HERALD
p8- Persons DESTROYS OF communicating with vessels
arriving AZ New York do so by addressing to such
yesseis care OF HERALD yacht, pier No ! East
River New York Letters received from all parts OF the
world and promptly delivered. Duplicates are re-
uured.
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NOTICE TO MARINERS
OVrTcK oF LIcHTHousz INsrTcfoR,
fatRD DISTRICT. ToMPEir syrLLE. Nj, May II. 1878

OYTTcK LIGHTHOUSE INsrTcfoR I
TutRD DISTRICT ToMPKlr sYTLLE. NY May H. 1878
Buoys have been set In the Taunton River III, to re-
carried on by ice during the past winter.
STEPHEN ID TRENGhARD. Commodore, UBh,
Lighthouse INSPECTOR Third District
nALrrlx. May ia lighthouse Is 70 be erected on
Bcttys Island near the scene Of the Atlantic disaster
AN Hancock. United states Consul At Malaga, writes
under Aprl 10 ~ folows'-"IO prevent the In
PRODUCTION u the potatoe bug into this country by royal
order dated March H. the 0f SPAN has
dered thar vessels arriving from American ports with
potatoes board shall be sent 70 foul azaret Tor rig
orous quarantine and the burning u the potatoes l
will be Tor the interest Of vessels coming rom the United
tates 10 consume destroy all potatoes among the
NM atarea hefore reac hing Spanish port
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Ship Valparaiso for san Francisco; barks Glenville
(Brl, Bahia; Ellen Dyer CalbaTien; Nathaniel (Nor)
kongsberg Laylnia, Matanzas; Carmeita Ida GER,
Hamburg; Lord Baltimore, Rio Janeiro via Richmond
Mary tBr London; Morning star, u Jago; Maresca
utaD, Liverpool; Rngdove (Br), Galway; Samuel ID
Carleton New Orleans briggs Victoria, Barbados; Alta
lava CienfnegOs; A Curtis Cardenas; Favorite,
Georgetown, Dem; Rising SUM- Barbados; J ID Upper
tBr, Halifax Castlian Norfolk; schrs North America
(BFl. uumacoA; A SchOlz Gen, Liverpool, Ms.
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WHALEMEN.

Bark sea Breeze AZ New Bedford 10Th inst from the
North Pacific, had 50 bbs VII OIL and ~ lbs bone sent
home the voyage 80 bbs sp $50 DO wh OH ana eos os
bone Has freight 36I gals sp S4ls5 90 VII OIL ron
bark Java "a joshua Hitch. Reports spoke March
TO- lat y . = Ion a. W, bark Perry, Basseth Edgar
town--nothing this se JASON -.
reports her Honolulu April having taken 20 DDS
oil Ieaving San Francisco Dec L. CAPT knowles
was expected 10 arrive By steamer the Tth when he
would rel Join the ship and proceed north
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Bark wieland toer,, vogsisang, IRON New York Tor
HAMBURG April 10, lat 40 IA, Ion ~ 81 =. ,.
10 30 Ion ~ 10 nv pilot boat Isaac Webb, No 81.
ScHr Maggie hatham. from CardenAs Tor bAlIHoies
Nav s. lat 81 40. Ion ~ 40
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ropean and Eastern ports or American and al foreign
vessels trading with United States win DO
eabed 70 this country nee Of charge ana published.
Captains arriving at and sailing from French and
Mediterranean ports win ind the Paris once the moro
economical aud expeditions for telegraphing news
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gcrchsne shipping agents and shipmassrs are IN
formed that By tsisgraphing 70 the HEEALp London
Bureau 70 g Fleet street Or the Paris once, Ho =
Egs SCRIBE ghe ARRIVALS ~ ana departures Zen E.
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SHIPPING NEWS

OCEAN STEAMERS.
DATES OF DEPARTURE FROM NEW YORK FOR THE
MONTHS OF MAY AND JUNE
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-08-21
American Ladies in Paris.

The Paris correspondent of the London
Hornet says: A few families are still
courageously giving "hops''-we cannot
call them balls The Baroness of VOilly
and the Countess of Behague are exempla-
ry in this respect; young girls must adore
them! The colonies, however, are dispers-
ing rapidly. The American colony -es-
pecially has shut its doors, and is off to
where the most amusements invite it, and
II Is astonishing to see the void which it
makes in Paris society. What the Hornet
has said over and over again is now re-
peated by every one, and even by unprej-
udiced members of the Paris press. Ameri-
cans have taken such a standing in Paris
that the prosperity of Paris depends chiefly
on Americans to continue. The best
houses are occupied by Americans; they
have the best horses and the Disadvantages.
The best boxes at the theaters, also, are
filed by Americans; and the most extrav-
agant dresses are still American 1t is
they who buy the most expensive pictures
and works of art; it is for Americans, in
deed, that so many sales of pictures, etc,
now take place in the Paris public auction
rooms. 1t is America again who furnishes
the richest bowers to old Saint-Germain
families, who are nothing 10th to give
their ancient titles in exchange for new
dollars. How often have we not said this
to acknowledge it, An American woman
is called an exaggerated Parisian" She
furnishes the most models for those charm
ing cartoons which weekly appear in the
Vie de Parisienne. She is shown there
dancing, skating, riding, flirting. 1t is
Americans who are taxed with having in
vented extravagant dresses, and to have
set aside every notion of taste and elegance.
1t is they who are said to have first intro
duced the absurd high chignons, and still
more absurd hats which crown the CHG
mons. 1t is they who are reproached for
wearing in their ears locomotives, steam
ers; omnibuses, jockeys, etc. "Or," in
nocently adds the plaintiff. "who could
have imagined such atrocities, if not
Americanss" Onegreat quality, however,
is allowed to American girls. They stick
to each other. They do not pull each
otherto pieces like other women do They
are also considered to be irresistibly
cheerful, frank and free.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-08-21

we make the resolution to jump from the
balloon. do not pretend to justify this
act OF despair-that is to say, of folly; but
l am bound to give sincere recital, and
we did not want to suffer any longer 1
gave last thought to my country, my
wife, and my three little children. The
aeronaut tried to light a match, but our
clothes, the soles of our shoes, and every
object that he struck was so damp that no
match could be fired. Somehow a little
confidence entered my heart, and we said
to each other: God will not abandon us /"
Twenty Minutes past Two-The balloon
began to descend with great rapidly
When it was about 100 feet from the sur
face, the fog still surrounding us, we per-
ceived the top of a fir-tree which grew out
from a bank of snow. The car almost I'M
mediately afterward touched the ground,
and without waiting a minute the aero
naut sprang out. l was willing to do the
same, but my foot caught in the coils of
the anchor or guide ropes, and | found
myself hanging head downward outside
the car; and the balloon, deballasted of
such a considerable weight, rose again
with extreme rapidity. Fortunately for
me, NJ. Roller was able to seize the guide
rope and thus prevent the ascensional
movement of the balloon. profit by the
stoppage to release my foot and throw my
self from the balloon, distance of about
seventy-five feet upon bank OF fresh,
soft snow. We were, indeed, saved, but we
had lost our balloon and our poor pig
cons.
1t was twenty-five minutes past two of
the afternoon of Friday, the 25th of No
vember, 1870, that we landed. The place
where we effected a descent is called
Mount Lid, in the north of Norway, and
is situated in sixty-three degrees and a few
minutes latitude north.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-08-21
The Sacred Fire.

A writer says: "In the house of every
Greek and Roman was an altar; on this
altar there had always to be small guam
tity of ashes and few lighted Goals. 1t
was a sacred obligation for the master of
every house to keep the fire up night and
day. Woe to the house where it was ex-
-tinguished. Every evening they covered
the Goals with ashes to prevent them from
being entirely consumed. In the morning
the first care was to revive this fire with
few twigs. The fire ceased to glow upon
the altar only when the entire family had
persisted; an extinguished hearth, an ex-
tinguished family, were synonymous ex-
pressions among the ancients. The sacred
fire was the providence of the family
The worship was very simple. The first
rule was that there should always be upon
the altar a few live Goals; for if this fire
was extinguished a god ceased to exist At
certain moments of the day they placed
upon the fire@d dry herbs and wood, then the
god manifested himself in a bright fame.
They offered sacrifices to him, and the es
sence Of every sacrifice was 10 sustain and
reanimate the sacred fire, to nourish and
develop the body of the god. This was
the reason why they gave him wood before
anything else; for the same reason they
afterward poured out wine upon the altar
the inflammable wine of Greece-oil,
incense and the fat of victims The god
received these offerings and devoured
them; radiant with satisfaction, he rose
above the altar and lighted up the wor-
shipper with his brightness Then was
the moment to invoke him, and the hymn
Of prayer went out from the heart of
man."