Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-06-18

persons ventured inside the rope circle
without paying the admission ice. THIS
Was 10 cents Tor the outer circle, 20
cents for the intermediate ana 81 for
the Inner ring. The aeronaut found
the swell Chinese perfectly willing 10
pay this stlfi tax. The only trouble
was tina, every tig.tail.d swell brought
n retlnue OF servants with him, and
when n biz mandarin strutted Ia 10
zee the show the army OF rctainers,
from his teapot bearer TO his grand
high chamberlain, took up most Of tue
dfcsr circle.
Baldwin gave his nfst exhibition al
Hongkong, aud the native shouts aud
yells that gtected his nscent were only
excellCd by the roar OF amazemcnt that
met his brother whom he came flying
back 10 earth with parachute. In all
the towns the balloon prsved the great
cot attraction ever brought 10 the Ccles-
iinl land by the bearded whit. devilr
from foreign parts.
Having soon disabuscd their minds
ofnny lurking belief that the white
ball0onlsts were possessed Of sup,rnht-
urnl powers, the Chinese set 10 work TO
initiate hun. Several adventurous
Mongollaua broke various PORTIONS Of
their anatomy from their nocks 10 their
legs by trying 90 descend from lofty
temples And tall trees with parachuty-
constructed out Of native umbrellsa.
Toy balloons, constructed with gtvAt
skill aud attention 10 detail by natives,
became part " tho stock Of the bazir-.
Al Foo Chow n native genius con.
rtfuctrd mammoth h0t-nir balloon,
with ilaming head and great paper
wing, and made mn ascension which
Will 10 long remembered by his tow ~.
mon. BALDWIN gave ali his exhibitions
with hot.air.iniiated balloons, that
style Of Initiation being cheapest, quick.
cst aud Otherwise most acceptable 10 n
skilled asfonaut for such work as was
there needed. Tho simple method of
expanding the balloon pleased the M.
tive imiiatou, and the Foo Chow
genius copied everything 10 n nicety,
except the very important point VI how
10 cut luosc nj the proper moment
without accident. The result was that
the balloon, which was NJ enormous
rilc, shot up with such terrific anu IN.
expected velocity that Il carried with it
score or 10 Of the Mongolians who
were slcadying Il with the guy ropes
while the RcronAut was getting
ready 20 cut loose. The great tag OF
ait kopt scattering Mohgollans over
the Suburbs of Foo Chow until Il
turned n regular fllT.nap, being I'm.
properly halastcd, and f.il into one Of
tho larg. ponds In the outskirts Of the
city. This adventure had a very de-
pressing effect on the nailyc azpirants,
but the maiin had taken too nrm n
hold 10 10 cfallcated by any ordinary
incrcss. OF the mortality rate, and
when Mr. Baldwin Lett China fof
japan. pig.iailed aeronanta were rrgu.
larry soaring through space Ia various
sections VI tho celestial empire.
The japanese took almost ~ cnthusi.
asiically Ia tho sport NJ the Chimes
aud native iuiitat0n Alto appeared ia n
short time. From japan tho American
ncronaut Travelled along III. southern
sencott u Asia, through India, aud "a
Madagascar. AZ sumaira hu beard OF
a serious II not fatal accident 10 Van
Tafsol, the ncronaut. who stumbled
through the hatchway OF u chip aud
fractured his skull by tho heavy TALL.