, 1869-07-23

hss tten the arpnaaile ascent Ct The balloon
Meth Pole. tbs Il, believe, The greateat ual-
loon ever made. It IL twentT-eight
yrsds in dIsreter thirts-keyen in height,
wNh e.cG1 square }Arus Vi stuG
are contains ten thors.ad nse bundled cubic
uetrre OF Eas. lts form IL Perfectly spherical I.
is made OF tws u.sccs, orc npcn the other, b1s
sersrutcd by web OF tnd!a-rnbteT. Its exterior
Is covered Wifi q coat Of shel;4e va1nlsh ana LIE
eoats oi oil yarrtlh. To !oin together MI inc
icees Ct cloth Of winch !. Is mtde required four
ihou Ja11s OF seatrs~ 1t the 1est!Ig there ate
thlt1y-clght thousand meshcs, and Il weighs
lbousAEd 1logrnmmea. H. Is made to contatn
pure hydrogen In tic uppcf part Is discharge
Epe, yard and qraT;G. II diameter, WIZ
metal disk, turned by eighteen Ettc! tpf1nes 1ae
car has surface of ntne square saFds- 1t Is pro
v1ded with cushioug, kindo~s for deserving. au-
chcfs end cortIs II is rbc best built thing Of itH
Kind nod the oH pc1s oppose, the TRIAL srirs nHel
their expectation 10 cIG*a the chAoDeis hou 1Gen
The ocean. The evening Of The day they ie1t
Paris. they reached I&ins In Ieanee nfteen
leagues distant. There Is grcaf difference
,stweeu 1h,s aut the MnHozaIGeE hit cir balloons,
which carried nr successlrel5 papers, dog,
man md now q little ord As iuf as steering
cnea they have not ndr2lctI Tue North Pole
does mol kccm 10 have succeeded N that {e1oFct-
This maEs Of gas, which 'tlli'!Aces Just a. much
mir rs the Great E1-tcro Goes water, Vas still
more d!l1cr!t to manage than its predecessors
But 1t Ii hoped that tuIs may be TeDedird by
nodif, ing The apparatus, md towards the end OF
the month new trts! will te made. This s'snb-
ject attracts many, each one drca-s OF II, and
List Sunday the departure Of the North Pole at
trecled IN o hundred thunEArll Spectators.
kET 1sFENT1Gss-
They ate at this moment trying two ncw ma
chines Tor ioeo1uotion: has teen tested, s.Dce
II IL but an adaptation oI locomotive 70 ordinary
roads, and the other, which partially succeeded,
Il kind OF ve,ocipede for hi1 pcszcns, which Will
move b5 The simple weight of those upon T.
These, With an electric voting machine, which h2s
Leen offered 10 the Cha1ter, and which Ii the To-
venlIon Of an ADeE1ca1, n1c the grca: industrial
LofeB CT tie tnou,c!f. The electric machine
would enEbe all tho votes Of the Corps Lglslatif
to be taken In q minute, III operation Which now
requisrs an hour. This new veiocIpede will exec!
the ra..IoaaF the horses aud Its father, TIE ham,
bic ve,ocipele Of tie present da5. 1t Will go Of It
self.
TIE SULTAN AND KCSIC.
Music has been for some time, even more than
ever, the order OF The day. The Queen OF epalu
Las been the patroncss OF IN instrumental concert
executed with instruments dating from the Middle
Ages Queen IFabelyn Is always bch1n dhAnd, think
tEg herself btl In tic days Of Isabella the Catho-
uc The attempt was more thnn unfortunate, It
MAS almost ridiculous. The Snlian adores music,
hidden in corner o! the roo:1, 70 that he Iaay
not be seen by the artist, Who would undoubtedly
I've cansu5ed by the sight OF the royal face In the
open doc. stauda the Grand Chae1bcr!aiu to re.
cciye the orders OF The Sultan and transmit them
| TO the performer, who can IN no case
stop, not even to hlow his nose, although
| It Is often cold In the saItanh music-
I room. A Pole, called WIenanssy, Who was re-
Gently honored by an'luvltatiou 70 entertain Ills
! HiehGesA came near dy!ug from deluge OF muhc
| unu suppressed snceze. lie played twenty-five
| pcceE IN succession, AMI Was interrupted buG Ii
| the Middle OF a a1aazutIa. the too laborrd muaic
| OF nich apparently won him q sudden dismissal
| The Chanbe5IAin Interrupted him by gttlnx hlt1l
! two bags, each containing twenty-five hundred
irnncs. The t6enty.tHo pleces had actteao'7
:itkicd the heart and the parsc of the Sultan-
| wAlNEa AID rHE KING uF RArAR1A
But the kIng OF Davarta Is much greater than
| the Sultan There il muBician n1med Wagner.
| tar better known TO the musical world ~ his
| failures tlau hts tuecerdt1- Lis music In that
u cJmt,als, dcatenlng The eats mud breaking
| xtnduwp--a tigh 1rUm hell. This has failed ten
| tunes at PARIS The Eayarlnns do not want Ia
hear anything said Of It, although thelr King
adcIcs that muelc and wnnts 10 hear bat It alone.
As be Is tie King. that Is pretty nearly all they
| r!a}. The Bayar!ans protest by fhelr absence.
Wh1I Old the ElnR do lie made them play It fof
| himself nlene- There were NO other fcaterd- lie
will rccUnmcuce this next week Mt Bome othel
oIcra OF his iayor1te master After all It is not
lew thing for the love oi music. or for any loSt
OF raes,on, to lead iis ud-pts to the borders o.
folly. Th:s eAod klBg loyes Wagucr's mns1c, AMI
tc has II given him On behalf OF III, BIS subjects
Thg hurts no ono, and II madness, roynl or other
nikc was never more hurtful than tits If, !, o
least, Ehould not throw the nrEt stone ut X
EAnE CAREY.