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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-10-10
The Importance of Fire.

Unquestionably the most important
discovery made by man was that OF
kindling aud keeping up fire. 1t
permitted the geographical distribu
ton of our species over wider space;
it rendered intellectual development
possible.
What would be the result if the art
of kindling and keeping up fire were
suddenly lost!
If we can have an answer to this
question, we may perceive with some
distinctness what it was that took
place in consequence Of the original
discovery Of that art.
The geographical distribution Of
plants and animals depends altogether
on the distribution OF heat A certain
low degree Of temperature limits the
lite of every species, and therefore fix
es boundaries to the region in which
it can exist. The organization ofman
is so delicate that throughout large
portion of what we call the temperate
zone he could not withstand the rlgor
of winter. His individual powers Of
locomotion are so restricted that he
could not become to any great degree
an animal of passage. He has Meth
err the fight OF the bird nor the endur-
ance of the buffalo. He could not,
like them, pursue the northward joul-
ney of spring when the sun crossed
the line, nor the southwark journey of
autumn when the sun recrossed it.
The structure Of his teeth and his di.
gestive organs is such that he must
carry his food with him. A pigeon
can fill its crop with rice in Carolina,
and breakfast the next morning in
Canada The buffalo can find ample
supplies as he goes on the luxurIant
prairies of the West.
A loss of the art in question means
then, practically an abandonment of a
large portion of America, Europe,
and Asia. The winters cold of such
regions would render them as unln.
habitable as are the icy piunacles Of
that glittering fiction Of modern nauti
cal fancy, the Paleocrystic Sea.
The human race could moi
have spread from its original tropica
home had it not possessed the contlo
Of fire, which gave it the power Of ere
ating artificial climates, and raising
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-10-10
Is Mars Inhabited 2

is this reighbonng world the abode
ofliving creatures This question is
beyond the present power Of science
to answer. But would it not be
strange beyond expression if a world,
with land and water, and changing
seasons, and apparently all the condi-
tions required by life, so like our earth
that it is even possible that man could
exist upon its surface, should roll on
through the ages uninhabited and uu-
enjoyed Our earth teens with life
in its remotest corner, yet some Mar
tlal astronomer may at this moment
be wondering what is the use of us,
and whether our planet is the abode
Of intelligent beings. After all the
wonders that science has already
achieved, he would be bold who
should say that this problem can never
be solved. Unfortunately, we cannot
hope for much from the improvement
Of our telescopes ard the increase Of
their magnifying power. The dis
turbances produced by our atmosphere
are aggravated by every such increase
But when the problem of life in other
worlds is solved-if it ever shall be
it seems safe to say that it will be by
the attentive study of our near neigh
Dor Il The Galaxy for October
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-10-10
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Errors Of Youth.

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might and stops tine whole business
of a railroad junction, while she stands
on the platform and demands in
thrilling tones "Where is the little
green trunk with one handle off :"
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"A head properly constituted can
accommodate itself to whatever pill
lows the vicissitudes of fortune may
place under it.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-10-10

Heaven will be world ofpeace
and rest-for the weary and heavy
laden will be there. ale giveth His
beloved sleep" They shall rest at
last in the beautiful and tranquil world
they thirs;ed for SO long, where the
spirit shall be ever willing and the
flesh never weak Greg
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Vermont Mutual
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.

NOTICE OF ASSESSMENTS FOR 1871
The members of the Vermont Mutual Fire
Insurance Company are hereby notified that
the following assessments have been made by
the directors on all notes in force, on tho fol-
1n,yinu doya In wit
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Providence had a $4,000 fire
on the 9th ult.
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Making per cent for
the year ending August l, 1871. to be paid to
the Treasurer, at his Office in Montpelier, on
or before the 18th day of October, 1877.
o. j. VAIL, Treasurer.
Montpelier, Aug. 25, 1877.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-09-29
HOSIaINAH RABBA.

The closing festivities OF the Hebrew sacred season
we're commenced yesterday in the orthodox syna-
gogues In this city, Services began at an early hour.
consisting OF tho usual festival services, reading OF the
hymns OF praise called Haol, psalms lib to lis In
elusive. Seven rolls copies OF tho law were taken
from the ark by prominent male mem bcrs Of the
gregaton, VINO stood with them upon tho central
platform reading desk, white the officiating minis
iers and some members OF the synagogue marched In
solemn procession seven times around the building
with waving palm branches aud citrons In their hanos,
chanting praise to God Tor the abundant harvest and
for mcr.ics during the year. The other members OIL
tho congregation retained their seats with small
lunches OF willow In their hands, which they threw
upon tho ground at the conclusion OF tho ser.
vice. This custom dates, IL Is said, from the time OF
the Temple, when the assembled muititudes strewsd
the OF the sacred cdnce with leaves. In the Por-
tugucse synagogue, In West Nineteenth street, each
circuit oil The building marked by the notes OF tho
shofar cornct at It's CONCLUSION, while NUMBER oil
proptatory prayers were added. To-day Is the last
day OF tho Tabcrnacle's festival, ga day oil solemn
assembly, whio sunday 10 separate festival, enti-
lied The ''ksjoicng Of tho Law"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-09-29
BRAVERY REWARDED.

Carl Fosberg, the steward Of the yacht Madeleine,
has received god medal from the Secretary Of the
Treasury of the class authorized by the act Of Con-
gross Of 1874 as testimonial for the bravery he dis
played on the yacht Mohawk when she upset OF
the medal pays we'll deserved tribute to the gallant
sailor
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Sept %, 1871
Mr. CARL FosBERG, Quartermasler Yacnt Madeleine,
care Of Commodore John s. Dickerson, No. 20 Chi
street. Now York city,
SIR-l have the honor TO transmit herewith life
saving medal OF the rst class which has been awarded
to you under authority OF the provisions OF the seventh
section OIL The act OF Congress- approved June 20 1874
Tor The extreme and heroic daring manifested by you
III cndeavorng to rescue the late Miss Adele Hunter
and Mr. William T. Garner and his wife under the cir
cumstanccs OF peculiar peril aud difficulty which at
tended the sudden sinking OF tho yacht Mohawk on the
Goth ofJuly 1876. IL Is regretted that owing to tho
Inability Of tho department TO discover your address,
the medal could not sooner be forwarded. In
sending It to you recur TO the circumstances Of the
conduct II IS intended to recognize and CON-
memorate. The record shows that the Mohawk
when the vessel on her beam ends, you rushed
down into hcr cabin. whore Colonel Crosby was al
ready, and remained there with him until the cabin
almost ncd with water engaged In devoted
ladies' from the furniture which had fallen upon them,
ana escaping finally only by swimming upward through
she broken skyght, guided by the liant light which
penetrated the water IL must DO noted that you were
bound by any tie OF friendship kindred 10 those
YOU tried rescue, and that you were not impeilod
by any consideration OF reward but solely by the gall
liant instincts OF manhood Language has no power
to aud distinction to bcrosm like yours but IN send
ing you this medal, which Is The highest tribute 70
your conduct That tho government can bostow, 1t Is
satisfaction to be able to express the feeling that In
men like you the traditional nobility Of the sailor
JOHN SHERMAN, Secretary.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-09-29
srANLEY's TRIUMPH OVER CAMERON.
From the Pail Mall Gazette.

II can hardly bs doubted that Mr. Stanley has
achieved splendid feat In geographical exploration.
he has crossed Africa from east TO west, and, moro
fortunate than Commander Cameron, he has been
abe to hold TO tho limo OF the Lualaba and to verify
tho conjecture scientific geographcrs who years ago
identified that RIVER celebrated In tho annals Of v-
later journeys with the Congo. The Luaaba
rises not far from tho head waters OF the Zambesi II
was explored by Livingstone far as Nyangwe,
and Cameron afterward got little beyond that
point But though there were strong for sup
posing that this Inland river, with It's chain OF
lakes was no other than The stream OF The Congo,
which rolls westward into the Atlantic through Lower
Guinea, neither Livingstone nor Cameron was able to
test tho theory by actual experience The latter
forced TO quit his chosen route aud TO accompany
party of hacaste slavetraders TO the south But Mr.
stanley, with considerable body OF (ior the sur
vvors who reached the mouth OF the Congo numbered
115 persons ''n q fearful condition') was able to
force his way on lighting most part Of
the time, TO tho Equator. Near this point
the course Of the river was broken by
series Of great cataractG When these were past the
river, when had flowed almost due north IRON N.Y.
angwe, took a sudden bend ito northwest thon west,
then southwest, broad stream from two 10 ten miles
wide, choked with islands," The Congo as II now
comes 10 called, has IAN uninterrupted course Of
Ger fourteen hundred mcs IN tho great basin which
is separated from the Guinea coast by mountain
cham. Then follow other dangerous rapids, until
finally the low.ying littora Is reached. This dscov-
cry must modify all our conceptions OF African geog-
raphy, and have important commercial, and. " mas
DO. political resultS 9.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1877-12-21
StsbsmteS Capitol.

Die GsiIa bon 9iue mad 8ati5 1T Suar
feline iebr erp6e, ouer uuter ben oaulclisen
8erbdltniten b.htelt man bod 3eit genu9,
UNI iin ausfuhrlih aus5uiprehen, uno co
isoe Nbleituns fur Nln'5 9emitbs,ufonb
Elm Seilmtttel mar, 10 benus!e 5ruu SAef'
fer bic @eIesenheit, UNI itm IQe5 mitlus
thetlen, mas UnterOeifsu in benz Rtetie &c
Ihehen mar, Ger Gnipru9 nuf iein Sntss
reIie bate. 1aberoteS CAB Der Grnit unb
Die geIcnnen&slt in Nrp's Beisn i6r Die
bette @arantie bafur, bnB fem nItbeil eez
retft uno er i'm Stanoe .pnr, bic nlitterli;
den @rsd6Iuusen ridtiS gu beGreifen.
Srau Shsfsr bate inter benz 3rtsipalt
srii9en ibrem @attsn uno ihren 9pubcr
I6per ssIitten; iie bate bem 8ruber 5rrur
ntat perSel6en tinnan, baB er rad ianem
Streite ieoe B~srtinbuns NIT ibren SauIe
a6aetrpmen bate, aber In 8ejus ouf ben
@~saenfan9 BEG StretteS trar tie tetue8'
meas iatne 8ssrerin, ia, fte bate ic9ur
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Yartet ere-iIfen uno mnr nur in 9udiiht
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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-02-21

Grant is mad because Alexis snubbed him.
Fred May begins to show himself freely
about New York.
Thomas Duffy, another Mollie Mcguire,
is to hang April 4. .t
Barley is six inches high in Los Angeles
county, California
The body of the dead Fenian, John OMa-
honey, is to be sent to Ireland.
Oshkosh, Wisconsin. will send delega-
ton to the Black Hills when spring opens
One winter of San Bernardino, California,
is setting ost 40, 600 grape cuttings this sea-
son.
A propeller of 500 tons burthen is being
built at San Francisco for the Hawaiian
government
There is grumbling in Cincinnati because
the foundation for the new Springers hall is
said to be insecure. n.
Train wreckers smashed an engine and
killed fireman on the Iron Mountain road,
st. Louis. Wednesday.
The rule of the carpet-bag is over in Mis-
sissippi, and there is balance of 500, 600 in
the state treasury.
The Pinkerton detective agency have ar
rested one William Corners, thought to be
one of the Northampton bank robbers. +,
The New York bar association has under
taken the Herculean task of supervising ex-
tortion and piracy among its members.
Mrs. Afie E w tson, widow of a promi-
nent banker of ST. Louis, was killed by be-
ing thrown out of her carriage Tuesday.
Five heavy suits have been fled against
the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad company
at Louisville to recover money on notes and
bonds.
Hayes's friends are getting ready to receive
him. Boss Shepherds brother being at the
head of a movement to give him an inaugu-
ration ball. "a lE
A Trenton firm has purchased the hull Of
Commodore Perry's flag ship, the Lawrence,
and intend to manufacture canes and other
relics from the timbers:
pretty feature of a recent charitable en-
tertainment at Woonsocket, Rhode Island,
was game of chess, with young people,
fancifully attired, as the pieces. l7'I0
The Belgian forgers have applied for dis
charge to the United s. ates court ia New
York. on the ground that the extradition
treaty does not cover their case. AS
Chicago has several bogus reporters who
attend prostitutes balls, take down the
names of prominent citizens who are there,
and then suppress them for a consideration.
The Santa Cruz (Cal.) Courier of the I'd
instant acknowledges the receipt of .
quantity of ripe grapes, fresh from the
vines, grown in the open air at q ranch near
Sequel. ..--,r-
In January go wells were completed in
the Pennsylvania oil region, with a. total
production ON the LIST of February of 26S8
barrels. or an average, production per we'll
OF abont $50 bsrelAt Il os yisv7svaa rsfloq
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-02-21
DEFEATED.

Give me your hand-nay. both, as confront
you.
Let me look in your eyes, as once before.
gaze, and gaze. Oh, how they change and
softenl
1 stand within the portal: lol door
A door close shut and barred. knock and
listen.
No sound, no answer. Doubtingly wait.
Oh for one glance beyond that guarded en-
trance,
The power that mystic realm to penetrate.
1 touch the barrier with hands entreating,
If IL would yield to me and none beside.
What bitter pain, what sense of loss and fall
ure,
To come SC near, and come to be denied.
Softly call, but only silence answers
Silence, and the quick throbbing of my heart.
lmmovable, the frowning bar abideth:
kiss the threshold and depart.
MARY l.. Ritter, in the Galaxy for March.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-02-21
JUST A FEW WORDS.
BY eEoRe1ANA SouRsB.

Just few words, but they blinded
The brightness all out of day;
Just a few words, but they lifted
The shadows and cast them away.
Only a frown, but il dampen'd
The cheer of dear little heart;
Only a smile, but its sweetness
Checked tears that were ready to start.
Oh that the rules of our living
More like to the golden would bel
Much, oh SO much more OF sunshine
Would go out from YOU and from me.