The Lincoln County herald., 1870-06-23
ChtZNfreaa'S Corner.
RILOOX.


What bsy kas net wished to W Who
docs not envy the swift winged birds,
which. but few days sircc, were in the
distant south, and whose glancing rlumes
Sash hiihsr and ,hither among the fresh
leavcd trees!
The ancis~s fable tells that an old
Greek, D,elalus, and his son, Icarus, te.
ing cap'ives in tower, made TO them
relves wings, which they fastened TO
their shoulders and arms with wax.
They few away to freedom but lcarus
vss amb;,iooe, aal few too near the sun,
tie wax melted, the wings dropped, and
the rash by was drowned in the sea so
they called that sea the Icarian Sea.
To be sSre, tho story is only fable
Men have not the muscular breast Of the
dove even if they should fastcn broad
sails to their arms .hoy could not sustain
themselves in the air by topping their
wings. Yet, in tho fable, we End the
earnest desire which mcn have had TO fly
They have il yet.
10 1882, soap bubbles filed with hy-
Irogen gas we're found TO rise, just as
s~ery shouical lastSrcr makes them do
10 this day. In the same year, two broth
srs, named MontQnlfor made tho fret h"i
loon at Avignou,in Franco. Itwas q globe,
sbout thirty Eve feet in diameter, made
Of cloth, lined with paper, and open be.
low. A ere was lighted beneath the open
ing, and when the hot air filled the bag
II became lighter than the surrounding
cir, and 80 rose.
Next year, they placed tho FIRE in o
wire basket, hsog below the bag, so thai
the fire was carried up and continued tc
warm the enclosed air. The balloon
rose about mile. Then they hung liv-
ing animals in basket bclo& the fire
then, in November, 1888, at Boulognc
PiI.,re do Rozier had courage TO make
the 6rst ascent, and came back safely
Next hydrogen gas was used instead o
heated air.
Kozier and another undertook to eros.
the sea into England. They made ,
. double balloon, placing bag Of hy
arogcn above the bag of heated air
Before they had assembled resy far, thu
gas took fire, the machine was consumed
ssmoet instantly, and the unfortunate
voyagers, falling hcadlong, we're DASHED
IN pieces on tho shore below.
Small balloons are still made to ris,
BY means Of hot air. Any boy who il
ingenious enough to hang and fly pape
Kite, can fly IN air balloon.
First make ring, say, fifteen inche
in diameter, by laying togo.hcr som'
springs from an oh hoop skirt, and wind
ing here and there with string. Tit
across the hoop two pieces of small wir'
that paveled from an old broom is jus
right let them cross in the middle, ant
tic, with wire, bit Of tponge to th'
crossing. Now cut some pieces of tissue
paper, say forty inches long, nine inches
wide in the middle, six inches at ono enc
and tapering to point at the other
make the two sides curve regularly from
end to end. Eight or nine such pieces
pasted together at the edges, will maxi
quito capacious bag, and If the strip
are Of different colors, will be very gay
Paste the open end to tho hoop and tn
balloon IS finished.
Now to fly it Fasten pole hori.
sontally, as high as you can reach, ant
hang your bag to the end of it, moutl
downward. Pour some alchohol upol
the sponge and light it. AS tac spiri
burns. the hot air fills the balloon, tn
sides swell out, you slip II from the en'
Of the pole, and away il sails into the air
Do not put too much alcohol on th'
sponge, lest the strong fame burn tn
paper, and you loso your labor. Bette
use . little, holding the balloon by
string until that burns out and the ba
il pretty we'll expanded, then, ,ohen III
Jfurse is gone out, pour on some more, ligh
again, and up it will 60 ograndly,to the On
Of your kite. lane, or free, as you choose
large balloons arc made of silk, yarn
Sshed with Q mixture Of linsOod oil an
dissolved India rnbber. Sometimes
thin shee, OF rubber is placed betwee
MO layers Of silk. The best gas for gil
ing the balloon is hydrogen, because it
the llghtcst. Pure hydrogen weighs onl
one.fourteenth as much as air. Commo
coal gas, used for lighting houses an
streets, weighs about half as much as ai