, 1873-07-13

climate Is auo, that tl,oy will not mind this
mich. hit tlioy will ntao ho llptd M alavos and
put to lard work, wliuh iB not pleaHaut aud will
lowor tholr opinion OF tho oolorod rnoo. T1ioy
adventures In Africa, and 500 what timo ilo
had of 1t.
But this is ca1sos and gingerbread to wtat will
happen IL they 20 to tho northeast, OH tho way
To tho pn]ar Son. Do1ieatl1 thunl tlley ROO va,,t
arotchoa Of lnlf-frozon wutor. bgoken by land,
frlngcd with icoborgs, and covered With eternal
snow. No hotola, no markets, no Eroccry HtoroB,
no place where they can stop aud buy even Q boz:
distressing. Provisions arc nonrly out, Homo
is ssovoral miles away. It fa getting chilly. Tho
gaB iB nearly all e1oHmoBod. They arc coming
down nonrer and nearor to earth, whott,or thoy
and and ubos IN 5 tey SP vii PRrosS SbSh oss os ss
to who shall bo-but lot tho curtain drop llorc.
Thon II is very possible TINT tho balloon may
.burst while 1t Is high up in the air, and tho con-
thoy aro coming down they can amuao. thom-
eolyes by estimating tho hoight and then, null
tiplying tlloir own holght by tho Hguaro Of their
velocity, got a fair idea how hard they will hit.
will Herve to paaa tho time: Down they viii go,
unnottced and uncarca for, nnlcss aonao ship
should happou to be smiling by and tho Captain
should mako an entry in hiB log to tho effect TINT
several things' suppressed to DO n,eteorie stones.
Gun imagine for. himself tho liaxards to which
ono Of these great balloons is e1poaol.
tranquil ae tho bright worlds beyond
tho clouds may apEpcar, they arc IN state ot
up aud tnal, rnAdly oarthward but nro moatly
consumed by roason of tho intense heat goner-
atod by friction with tho atmosphere, before
thoy roach tho surfaco. just fancy tho conse-
quonces if ono Of those messengers Of wrath,
moro dangerous tl1an tho angel with the t1ery
sword, wore 10 hit tho balloon. It would blaze
In q minute, and tho cur would como tumbling
down. Or tho balloon may fail thom, and they
haye to tao to- t. tho 9bot orsoa IT. is and do
successfully done, results In leaving . party Of
people, mostly unacoustomed to smiling, afoat
In a. coc!klo-gholl, possibly to DO bocalmea far
from yosHols, and 70 : bo drivon to not as II tAoy
Besides, thoBo voluntcerB do not Boom to ro-.
mombnr Tint, when thcy got In those higher re-
gione which tho balloon must necessarily tra. r
vorso, In order to got tho bono1t Of the
tho cold is 30 ntenso and constant TINT tho chill
1ieat days Of last wintor arc aB nothing to it. It
is worBo than standing on Randolph street
bridge whom tho wost wind blows. Here, too,
milos an hour, an irresistiblo torront @ shioh viii
sweep tho balloon before 1t no one knows
whittier. It may bo borne into:
somo airy, :, maelatrom TINT Lies for: q;
hurried beyond tho bounds Of space and wreck
cd on tho shores of unknown worlds, whence
the newspaper representatives could 500 tho sun
TINT lights us hhining aa mere point in tho in,
finite Distance. Lot these young men reflect
how thoy will feel when they aro up nloft, wild
winds screaming and llowllng through tho
cordage Of the balloon, they themselves laslled
tightly to tho cur to hoop from being blown ont,
tho Thermometer sinking lower and lower, until
sting s e. their faces, aud their lio.blood running
moro and moro aluggiBhly.. Their frozen hands
cannot pull tho rope to discharge the gas. The
intonso frost does Its work, and with Dyes frozcn
o3erua t5 sssyr The sfs,S paoo tnfy 5 M lii rek IN an
bio cargo, might 60 floating along for years, tho
Flying Dutchn.an Of tho upper world, warning
to all who carry curiosity beyond natural bounds.
and at last, III tho BLOW course Of timo, it would
dcacond somewhere, and tho people gathering
around would Beo these frozen mon. Sitting in u
circle. clothed in the garments Of other days,
with gaunt aud obsolete Instruments aud utol-
ailB around thom.
not going to travol in q Pullman dining-car.
They hayo no stoves, for fro III a dangerous
thing in the windy ways thoy aro to traverso.
THOR coffeo is warmed only by tho heat gen-
smoke. They ~s cannot ;oxoroiso. Thoy iavo to to
Hit wrapped in ovorcoats with gloves on, and
cannot play cards. They can only talk with
clattorng teoth and blue lips, and sigh for
land, and wish they had not come. 1s it, then,
worth while to expose oneself to all those dis
comforts and porilB, for tho sako Of little mon
ey, aud a littlo temporary reputation And if
they die. Oh sen or shore, thoro will nloroly bo
paragraph in tho papers that tho several idiots,
names given i'll full, who undertook tho fool
hardy enterprise Of going to Europe in Q balloon
died, as might have beor expected. "The saori-
fec Of 80 many lyos might bo mournod, If their
misfortune did not not deter botter mon from
following thoir example,"
II is hoped that this plain statement of tho
caBe will haye II tendency to reduce tho number
Of applications for permission to represent The
TRIBUNE III this excursion noxt August