The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-12-12
Forty-five of us file in. We

are off.
To me, one surprise in the ascension
was the absence of all sense of fear OF
anxiety. The motion is so quiet and
gentle that you do not feel you are mov.
ing at all unless you look down. In.
deed, there is no sense of motion. 1t is
only that of having the earth drawn
away from you. Nor is there any labor
ing or tossing as at sea, no creaking or
| groanlng, no sense of one element con-
tiicting with another. 1t is simply a
grand and beautiful quiet. The hun
| dreds OF people in the great courtyard
OF the Tuileries grow small, then small
er, then they dwindle down to pigmies
and dots. They creep and crawl about.
The cabs and carriages crawl only a lit
tie faster. AT the utmost height the We
hicles seem only another kind of bug.
Paris spread all about seems like an i'm
mense miniature model, plastered over
hill and dale, if / may be allowed the
use OF these two conflicting adjectives.
The streets dwindle to little ruts. Those
most thronged no longer seem crowded,
because the people are so small and
you look down into the interstices be-
tween them. You discover that, after
all, each person has certain amount of
empty space surrounding him or her.
1t is wonderful, also, as thus viewed
from above, how dexterors the insects
are in lodging each other. There was
little talking, and for wonder in a
French crowd, no loud discharge of ad-
miring expletives. Only low hum of
voices, for every one was absorbed in
gazing upon the wonderful prospect 1t
was view which momentarily grew
and widened. Now the grand range of
buildings involved in the Louvre and
Tuileries, now the Place de la Concorde,
Notre Dame and score of other prom
inent squares and churches; the next
minute more distant portions of Paris
and the walls were added and concen-
trated in the picture; the next the sur
heights, parks and villages; and the
next distant slopes and ridges never to
be seen from Paris save from balloon.
But it seemed all miniature. The gar
dens of the Tuileries and Palais ROYAL
were mere toy constructions. The sur
rounding lofty houses were only a foot
in height. The trees were Japanese ar
boreal dwarfs, and the green grass plats
were greener than ever, but delightfully."-
toy-libe and exact in proportion, while
statues and their pedestals shrunk to
white statuettes.
The occasional step of passenger
causes 3 cracking on the floor of the
car, and the momentary picture of the
bottom and all hands falling out comes
into your mind. But, nonsense! You
feel certain that they would make the
floor strong enough. Still, if ii should?
And you grasp the stay-rope tighter,
for, if it should, what a fall would be
there, my countrymen!
So much of the beauty of city like
Paris is lost because we can so seldom
get over and above it. When you are
part of the crowd you are swamped;
you can only see a little ahead of your
nose; you are always trying to get out
OF somebody's way, and your mind and
body is taxed by all the little cares and
anxieties of the street.
But up in balloon there is rest, room
to see and room to breathe. You do
not care to move. The vision alone
absorbs every other sense, and the air
is so light and pure. The dust
kicked up by yon insects in those
narrow ruts does not reach u.s.
We are descending. The arrest of the
balloon in its upward flight and the de-
scent is so gently accomplished that
that the crawlers below are growing
larger and that the outer edges of the
great panorama are fading away. Soon
we can distinguish the features of the
thousands of upturned faces watching
our descent. The faint banging and
Changing of the balloon-band is heard
The grand calm above is much more
acceptable. We must go back to earth,
to its dust, its clamor, it's vulgar cares,
its beef and bouillOn. n.-Prenttce M1tlf0rd
To MAKE COOP HAsH.-Boil corned
beef and potatoes, separately, sufficient
to eat; let them get cold, and chop
them fine, separately; save the water
that the meat was boiled in, and, when
cold, remove. the drippings from the
top, and use in cooking, after again
melting and straining into vessel. Put
tablespoonfuls of this dripping into an
iron frying-pan, and, when very hot,
add quart of chopped beef, and stir
until thoroughly warmed, then add ] a
pint of boiling water and a quart of the
potatoes, and stir frequently until the
hash begins to stick to the bottom of
the frying pan; salt to taste; serve in
hot dish, and send to thetable imme-
diately.
IMPERIAL CAKE pound of -four, l