Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-09-17
|eRoANs OF. THE VICTIMS.
Prof. King, the Bogus Aeronaut, In the
Hands of His Comrades--The Views Of
Three of the Reporters Who We're BAN
bOozled,
[Cor. Chicago Times. ]

Cor. chicago Times.
KNApHEIDH's STATION ION the, lAlrrLine
Route to New York1 or Pres EYE Po1Ng,
$50 D. M, via ST.. PAUL, Mimi, Sept. A.
We are as immovable as the laws of the Modes
and Persians, and disgust, as big, as q town
ship rests on every one of Kings alleged bal
looming expedition.
/, After making elaborate preparations for a
long voyage, to be obliged to endure the Jfbes
of barbarian acquaintances for the next year,
was an experience none of the newspaper
mel, local orSotherwise, choose to undergo, and
they said SO, taking care to speak their. senti-
ments in English, which is the only language
King understands. at is not death that
mind, - said an expiring tourist, "but the ig-
drives me mad"
sFor Gods sake, professor, take us across
into another township" importuned the local
passengers, "or we will never go lack home"
Had Prof. King availed himself of the first
favorable surface wind we might have made
considerable Roadway on our expedition, but
he insisted that if he ventured into current
of air only thousand or two feet high, as the
upper clouds showed this one to be, 1t would
be at the expense of gas and ballast, which
would greatly shorten the length of the move
ments of the excursionists. He therefore de-
termined to act on Mr.. Upton's advice and
WAIT TILL EVENING
before starting. The change in the direction
of the wind brought crowd of people from
St. Paul and Minneapolis to the now notable
cow-feld in expectation of seeing second
ascension. They must have thought that the
event was as remote as the second coming of
Christ, for they saw no preparations, and
~ l.
of the party fumed and fretted and wanted to
be moving, but the professor quietly took
them to one side and lectured them
after the following fashion: "Boys,
l don't want you to kick. You must remem-
Der you are In my charge. am responsible
for your safety, and / do not propose to take
you into danger. In your Impotence to get
away you would undoubtedly be willing to
take risks, but am not going to let you.
What seems safe to you may be full of danger,
and you must b ave confidence in my Judgment
/ know more about ballooning than any Of
you, and know the power of the great thing
you see surglng and Tuning, out
Wonder" The lecture had it's effect. 1t soothed
| the nerves of the "cheerful kickers," and
| GAINED heir minds. 'sAnother thing" said
the aaronautical admiral, 81 can travel
| longer at less expense of ballast at night than
during the daytime, especially if it should be
| CLOUDY. ldlWayS e0ucdVOr 10 eStdDllSu Tile
equilibrium of my balloon on level with the
clouds. @.'|' rp
1t attaches itself to cloud and stays there
as though anchored. On that eventfnl trip
| Mr.. Holden and I took over the Cult of St
| Lawrence, we Travelled nearly all night on the
| edge of cloud without being obliged to dis
charge single pound of sand. am con-
WINGED that ~ ri FSt1 al,
o. THE CLOUDS j.
| have an attractive force sufficient to draw
smaller objects to them, and attribute TIT
phenomena have mentioned to that cause
The afternoon dragged its slow, weary
length along. 1t seemed interminable, but
everything has an ending. This bright, par
| tieularly gusty afternoon, however, brought
| us no nearer a realization of our hopes. I'VE
| are firmly fixed on the pasture, and Prof
| King is snoring serenely on d feather bed a;
| this is being written. Before retiring he lef
orders not to be called until the moon rose, an(
| not then unless the upper scud was scuddine
| in the proper direction. At this writing tht
/ surface wind is sweeping to the southeast
and the currents above are sweeping, the Lore
only knows where, and He is not in communi
cation with aeronautical idiots who are await
| ing the hour when the hoped-for zephyr thai
is to watt them into the next corn field, comes
| along. They feel they are being trifed with
but they have not decided fully whether Kline
or the elements is to blame. When they de
| eide there will be unanimous and robus
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