The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-01-14
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FIVE NILES Niles ABoxE THE EAKTH-A sctL !
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Be One dull day in August, just after
tHoon, q balloon rose in the air at the
foot of Coet Hills, on the western
edge of the central plain of England
bIt was inflated with the lightests of
gases which chemical, skill could pro-
lrduce, and it, rose with amazing yeloc-
ity. A mile up and it entered a stra-
tqm of cloud more, than g thousand
feet thick; EMERGING En- II rom HSnsl, this, the the
sun shone brightly on the air; air;-ship the
sky overhead was of the clearest and
deepest blue, and below lay cloud
| land-an immeas,lreable expanse, of
cloud, whose surface looked as solid
Las nat Of the earth n not wholly lost lost to
view. L Lofty fly n mountains ,ants and, and deep, lee
DARK Isrii rayiines.l es al Ialppeared below the
-lEksTE u s5StsE51- ~ isSz5EIoa, yIle e3la {
peaks and sldes q ~ fhsse eto9a nc noun N
4lns next INC sun, giIterreeds re sll9n NE snnoSW S
hbpt casting shadows hs g, as ls.1 = 8 they a were
Esoid rock. Up rose s,1 the q balloon I with with
|p ie veloeit1y;i as1yi an -Four q mics mics
above the 8 earth m 2 pigeon sIS vas sss let 100
cropped through hS the alr sHnsI as Z g nag
been stone Inc ss alr was too tim mt to
tep9eble II to N.Y. = ~ was no as 5TS = Dark =
idaden 70 me aec6 WeEe eI4 20 PASS HON qp1
the heavy waters pt the uiefoSa SEA 1ni9Nfo 81
INLAND LANG n pnsalIne iake the par1k YoqldI pug
sink at once e II the thinner 1n IVA water Hps
up, still higher What ns9 = silence silence pro-
found The heights 81 the llf,s SKY were were
as stin as the deepest depths oft Of the e
ocean, where, as was found during the
4 search for the lost Atlantic cable, the
fine mud lines as unstirredl, from year
az g the dust @ vii which hin aimPsreepti7 M
bly, gathers on the fnrniture. " in re. Of de-
serted houses: NO sound, N, no f life =
only the bright sunshine falling falling thro'
SKY which It could afIl not wa warm, rn ,a,er-e
A. Up-fYe miles above, earth higher
]than the inacc essible summit of CHM
~Et1S s-sss1&sl - 70 As ~ ~11A
1orazo Nfe ~ RsaWanglr9ls pespite meF sun
1ashlne, i everything freezes qHllh1e qHllh1e ar
grPws tee thin hin TO support life, even
FfpEr z few minutes y llilEs sEWo men only are
Ian that adYeptprQnsz 5salloonTthe one
/ steering the sir-sshlpo the other watch
Ping the .sclentlhc instruments ~ ana re
fcording them a ! with atiTapid1ty bred q. OF
Hong practice. suddeniyd as the latter
Hooks At his instruments, S hlss Sd sight
grows dim he fa taxes a lens 10 rhelp hsS
fsight, and only marks from the fah-i al
Ting barometer 1rs that .a" they, are testing
'Erapidly. = fiaskT las Tof Of brandy lies With
Pin foot OF him ne tried to reach reach 1T t
but ms arm reused t9 oPey IN ms y Wlll- -
fHe Ir1es 20 c3lE on a1s nus conn comrade' who ho
has gone up INTO the ring aPoVe a
whisper IN thai deep silence would ul.d
sufiiceTbut no sound comes nom ms IS
Elipss-L-lhle is Yoicelessr The steersman an
4 comes down into the car II he sees s his y.
4 comrsade IL; ;a sWoon, and feels his his own o,s
senses falling him: ~ - T,' F.ss -,
\ He saw at once that life and death
4 hung gSnPon Q lev. moments He seized
I bor, tried to seize, the. valves i'm order to
4 let, out, the gas.7rsHis hands are purple
. with intense eold-they are paralized
4 they will notIrespond to his will. He
4 seized, the, yalEe4.with his teeth; it
n nnanod litfio-once twice thrice
The,balloop, began, to- descend, Then
81 the swooned marksman returned, to
v consciousness.s and he saw the steers
d man standing before him He looked ok
j Sfhe instrument ID 9nsin9M5 IIpss9 9S5