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writing msss.1s without Lne KEY board
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slsteea h5rsra-ae magnets, arranged IA .
particular " 3 aud the hancrels of small
pieces q u-e--l connected OF magnets Il
with t1el4 -l gue hundred Or more OoG4Dlna-
tons u Tie mysterious force. good
SIZED BALBOA ss4s 8tlacled % tae machine.
sad when c. s .g4s inflated WITH zas orough.
srcn toxn-s-sirs through a hose, every
thing vas re4iy for - - step Ia % TIE oCK
which h4ng Ifom tns DetHork u METALLIC
rods.
III was summer tiEe, aud We agreed that
We would maze : trlal trip one morning be
fore sunrlse We were on the house TOP al
half past fogF IL the morning and Il was
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the breeze and the arrows Of light IN tho
east tod Us taaE the sun Was cn rs way %
our icn gisude was good deal .rattled,'
admit, wnea nay bold friend tod nae 10 take
q seat Ia the box and Keep i hru hold Of the
cords Oy which it Was suspended He
joined ms IA ths ear. aad reaching out CUT
the ropes which he'd the balloon captive
We arose quickly, and soon the town was
but spot on tho landscape, which
seemed 4 tiny plcLlre ot 10 50 far
below Us As We arose II grew lighter TIL
suddenly We SAW the sun over against the
eastern horizon. IL looked as though We
were higher than the sun. There was quite
a current Of air AZ Our altitude and We were
being < carried rapidly eastward Now for
the test, SAID the German, and he turned
aud twisted and adjusted several levers and
handles - hich were above Us within reach.
There was lerky, sTay!ng motion given
20 the machine and We shot directly north
ward for moment, but another lever was
pulled and We seemed % stand still, al
though sun westerly breeze blew over
as. What time Is itF asked my companion.
Is was ten minutes past fve O'Clock, and /
told him SO. We Will be IL San Francisco
~ eight said be. Tnis was the hrst inti-
nation had had OF the extent Of our trial
trip
I Look down. said he | did so. but
could see nothing except a confused mass
OF duh color with an occasional patch q,
/ darker or lighter shade passing TO the cas-,
with exceeding speed. 4 caG't distinguish
/ any thing,' said l. No wonder was the re-
I ply; We are travelling westward at the rate
7 Of one thousand miles an hour, or rather
We are remaining still, held by the attrac-
ton Of the magnetic poe. while under US
{ the earth moves eastward on its axis one
thousand niles an hour A dull brown space
I that required half an hour TO pass, my guide
told me was the great prairies OF the West
( The Rocky mountains seemed like bright
thread as they few beneath rs.
My friend became anxious after awhile
. aud often INQUIRED he time ana then made
calculations on some paper he had brought
with h.m. Al twenty minutes past eight he
reached up aud reversed all the levers
which he had set IN pace AZ starting, and
with considerable oscillation the balloon
seemed % start again into motion. We saw
The earth's features. Almost under US was
a city and away 70 the west stretched the
blue OF the ocean That = the Pacific, and
the city should De san Francisco, where
the clocks should correspond with your
time. We viii descend, said my conductor.
hall
slowly collapsed and we landed in a street
in suburb Of San Francico. To police
man who came up we told some yarn Of
having made a short ascension. We en-
tered the first public house we .oand and
the clock on the wall showed the same time
a. nay watch. In other words, we had
ascended from the roof of my store in Ohio
and waited there till San Francisco came to
Us
How will we get bsckr | asked the in
ventor. He seemed parslyzed at the ques-
ton and for moment did not answer.
Then he broke out IN self-revilings. Fool
that was. j never thought OF that be ex-
claimed. For al my years OF labor have
been only fool / can travel Only in one
direction The man seemed 20 suffer so
much disappointment that pitied hun aud
tried TO cheer him up, but 10 no purpose.
/ 4 will go around the world in twenty tour
| hours he said, IF | don't do any thing
else Ee proposed that we sgain ascend
and complete the circuit of the earth, com
! ing down again at Columbus, but de-
cliued. | had had enough.
He SAID he would try it alone. and he
die The next morning, the balloon having
been filed at the city gas-works, he scared
sloft. l watched HIM till / knew by the
sudden 6issppssrsnce OF the balloon out
over the Pacific that ne cast his magnetic
anchor and that was flying away from him
at one thousand miles an hour.
Il DO not know what happened him.
never saw him again. Chicago Times.
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