The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-02-10
Arctic BallOOning.

Lohboh ltlt-lNpu.
When, some few wears AFRO. the
Alert and d scoycry left England. the
crowds which babe the crews good.
bye gave them a hearty cheer and
wished them Gol-Specd. From some
reason or other the splendid sailors
who went north never came within
six hundred miles Of the magic point,
but overcome by Scurvy, cold, and IA
tiguc, returned to say that r' project
OF reaching the apex Of the ,ll was
visionary and impossible one. Eng
li>hmen are proycrbially difficult to
beat and slow TO despair, and it is not
10 be wondered at that at this juncture
one OF them, commander Chcyne, de-
viscd a way of meeting the difficulty.
In his opinion, navigation by Sea and
land having failed, there remained but
one other to try, to-Wit, the air, and
under the patronage of Lord Derby,
the idea grew till it found its illustra-
ton in an experiment which, in point
of interest, could not be easily sur
passed. Wca know that the regions
near the pole are cold, whatever the
centre may be; it is patent to all, al
50, that to be left by any accident in
balloon-car helpless on the ice, mid
way between ship and destination, or,
indeed, to be landed at the pole with
out means OF return, would he, to say
the least OF it, somewhat iuconycn.cnt,
il not positively unpleasant. Com
IDVH.Inr. 1 'f,nt. A. i,p..-.t,,r Al, i "a,
his scheme included the idea of three
linked balloons, which fastened to-
gcther VITA Il stronI triangle of wood,
would bear four cars, one Ut each
point, ANA one IN the centre, 50 al'rang-
cd that should any one balloon break
down the car couId be slipped along
the triangle ami rest upon the remain
Ing 9Iobvs, still passing along through
the air without Inconvenience. SiIl,
Il trial appeared necessary, though tho
principle was approved, and the eX-
pertinent was made. IL must be pre-
missed, Of course, that the tria, was ac-
complishcd under very ditlercn cir
cunstauccs than the pole viii ever
witness. In the first pace, the three
linked balloons asceudcI without any
other incubus than heavy sand bag,
and, therefore, caused 40 risk OF Lille.
Bat the interest OF the undertaking
lay in the fact that q larger balloon. to
which was attached a car containing
MI CoXWell and some other gcntle-
men, qUitIcI the earth immeuialely af-
tcrWard, and showed what difference
was to be expected in Il car held IN
by one balloon, and u car supported
by three. The cOyage8rS were hot la
boring, 1t must be remembered, under
precisely the same conditions which
would hamper Arctic travellers. They
were not boxed up in u close heated
carriage, us they must be in the north.
Neither were they provisionCd with |
pemm,can ana lime juice, but had the |
choicest Of wines and food which tho |
vast cellars and Kitchens Of the Alex
andra palace could afford. Still, there
were many things OF srcat interest 10
be nolGd, and they were the follow.
ing: FIRST, that the three balloons |
fastened to the triangle bumped vio-
ltHilD tVr,tlINl WIN ElCdI NUtT.y Np- |
~ often, and nad obey supported cars
in the air must have gwen The occu-
pants very fair idea OF what sea-
sickness meant. Secondly, that they
took 4 course somewhat different from
that which was marked out by the
single balloon, and 50 showed that
some allowance must be made for this
novel mode Of iprial nayigation.--
Thirdly, they proved that the idea of
q triple team in the air was Il possible
and workable" one, and that the bal.
looms will not burst, that they will 90
along mcrrlIy enough without FIGHT.
inS against each other, and that the
Arctic aerial navigator with three of |
them, wlIl bc very much safer than
the man who would atloupC to 30
with one, AIloscihc the idea Of
Commanlcr Cncyuc was found to DO
feasible, and, it Is TO be hoped, viii
now DO carrie mo practice.