The sun., 1896-01-26
A SCIENTIFIC BALLOON.
The Coionel's Account Of His First and
Last Trip In the Air.

ny w. l.. ALDEN.

throueh nity or s'xty years OF active IRE WIN
out nhuihs h.mseii oecas'onahy IN m'ou''ng
ught Eiaces. but Wherever ah' SO long as
am ON hoiiu erouhu' geheraiiy c"ic"iate 10 DO
able TO work myseif out OF almost any diflcnlty.
lts wheh you put me aooafu shp' OF IN u oai-
iooh' that oeein 10 lose my grip. speakms ot
bahoons II 'en sou' II sou ooh ni'i'o, Vi II
niue adventure nau -the oniy .'thc 'na' ever
was iooi enough 10 trust mysoH IN oai!oon.
ohe uhy tnero chmo 10 my hou'e III No"
berihoPo''sV''ie a reno" win ,e''er OF INTRO
oucuoh from sam henaan VINO usea 10 oe
rlhRmaster Oh the haii Io'u'ho'a circus at
the ','ie ""e" was .ho n'a""eer an. '.'Pl'.
70, Vi '"e e'nc'r"' 8",n was o.'e VI Wv o's' VI
ieiio"s' ana consequently any ir'enu Oh MS was
welcome NJ my mouse. troi. M"htsomery'
"h'.h was 'no "u'he VI Sa,' i.'eno' WIS
small ue'ern,''."-'ook'hs eh"p 'hat ~ hrs.
sVht l "o"'u nave taken ior hRh'-"e!ent
nght'hs man. out as IL aopeareu' he was u o,''-
ioon's'' singular 'l'"s Una, every n,"o "no
soes up /" o"''o'i p'o'cssoh'is ea''s "'hse'i
pro'esso'. "hi'e miner VIM poes
oo"n sh"' pro'ess'o',"'s never 'nhhs Vi
eE'ns h'niseii "hy sucn 't'e' sam 'e.'er
uun e"y 'uA. io'' 'ioh's'hefs was o''
,oo''st' , anu 30 surpose ne was res.inr coz
ieRe professor VINO haa caught the look ot hsht-
'ns n"u 'n'"usn '''."''e ioo''"'i anu ot"''
a'h'e.'o Sn'hes W .'o h'uue".s' anu So "nen he
accept'a my 'nv'."''on 10 aihn'r, just se,''
o'er ~, my ''u ''''". '''. an hse''r, ','
Rren. eieetr'o ehu'p !" '"'ie ""o jon" U.S. !n'hh-
INK 'he' '"e '"o pf"'es'o'' "ouio oe soo" c'ii'-
pahy '"r one announcer,
Ho"' II happ'hti 'hh' van Waeeher WHO
"as ",""ss ,n.'' '',''s' :" e,'' y'","e '""' wa"
ec'en,'n' anu use'.sE' "aS n''e"'i'S 'h'ere'.eu
~ ., ~" , y. '.'s i ''''i'on'."
, "no' "' ,o" w. .. s,' , ""S ".
,ehorant ch"p. WIN ."utan .a speuA % Yen "os"s u,
s'o" s sa'''. "' "'' ~ 1.'. w ~, M
.na' the man was prao,'ss' % on',ool'is,; ST., ihe
couldn't rest. Van Wagcner said that it was
his belief tha, balloon properly constructed
ought to be able to stay in the air for n month
or year at a time. and when Montgomery said
'h'' '.e ''''''s ""s" po'''oe' '"h ""se"ei
wanted him to explain why.
"'lts plain enough says the ballon;st.
When xour ha,,onn rises md yets into thinner
nvn '''' 'a''', 's.' ''t, ke.e nv .",""e'
mouth of the bag. Even II it didn't escape it
,von,d alvavs ,.,,, ont throuch rho sill or On,
,on ~ s,ng W., w., nan aSans T,n,-
the reason why you can't stay up only a few
hours No man ain, never been able to invent
balloon that won't lose gas, and nobody ever
will invent one. for it can't be done
nANu na''oo" '"a. ,'u poss,o's leak
single cnnlc men OF s"S' VIII YOU make an as
,nan, - ", ".," ,ns w,n wa u""s'-
"eht Oh tHe mach,ne, says , an "eeier'
ou can Just oet wil'' says the other chap.
why man, there'd be an everlasting fortune
In sucn n balloon. Hut what's tl. use Of tnlkinv
.", =. 81" &C.. rh" ,,;ns ,,,,,, no dane as % ,am,n
ABOUT II! Inc lhinG can't be uohe. rs you II
find out VIXEN you set down to invent your gas
,;,,, bslIoon,
We'll. the urshot OF II was that ' an W agencr
set TO work and made n balloon that even l
could see was going to meet his requirement.
The main balloon was DIG glooe of aluminium.
and on top OF that bag of thick rubber,
nhn ii,o ,~a. ~ I'm, tHc ',iInh. wnuiI lnId inst
a. ,u'n ,s was -; 'na hn,, 's s'InI u, o'b ius
ot .,nn feet nlove th" earth Sow being
y, ~, Sai,nt ~" ~. hniioo,i, .an ,.,I ~
to- rise A all he had to do was to HIT bS Spirit
i",nn iiHat wnnid hcat tho vus in RI ~ rinhe md
in,iEp mnEpc IL r.' expand Wien IL had expai,dcd TO-
cnrtan !, wonld ow over iuIa The rubber
hnn s" and ' tho lifting capacity Of the machine
IN" Saloon would rise. and wien the balloonist
wanted ,S descend aEHin ali he would A. have 10 70
"; "; %iS ,an'n,nu ist the vinhe co"i nir II was
mrhiy i % inrenious contrivapee. and Mdntr"n,
trN ~ E"snnr ss,HoS hy NJ thoking tma. ,r
10 van ah rae ,ed na,nno thn cdi
be maas 10 stay lay UP ioreEeT: y., ,,,,h,,
Ea onr M"n on nh
m Wognne "n ng spUu nv o fricr aa ,be
liks AL scientific Chaps to get himself into
Wv eo Wr nfer ne Hin naiiv nrI ~ n
~. ,s,an.,,, -, % 70 ,nnI,' fr'.,, ~, lnri,
Inc ASCENSION was TO- oS mac i ,,4nt h ~, SIrH Wrs
Ean wawener % and In phr General ' puhis The ma.
chihc was earteu over 10 my monse ai'sf s, utrk H.
anu the eAa "rn,hG. VIII We VIZ u ="
s.art, no oi.r n' tuahS W % u. ~, @ -,
eArcspt my eoio'eu man. anu i'' h"e" ho" W
e!I hc.d @ m,a to,Sut Sta q, a., ,h.. ,-r voro,,r
was sutp,'sru ~ m,u LIN an an " ni'n,'so 1i' 90
had ca'cnlatru tEe liitinH power or the haiinh so
closely that no knew 10 an ounce & fus' W. W NJ h
we,gt a enc must o ~ ~, n ~ f ahovc c
eant .e' Ia ~, !" uoui,t" ~ , ,n,,n,ic w.,
I,e M en..h ",iu s,Iy TEN. TX nhI inbJI' I ,,ur
n thIee y, vs. u uu ~ ~ uu ~ - s's M 49, ath !" 20 49,
good two hours IN reducinE the wepht Oh thihes ing,
IN our pockeis. or or lhctehsihs nur Welth. WIN
pts OF grave nntiI ~ .ast ~, nHrnrf M.s ,, st'
isiied with the whole Woigiit 3i the mac hhe, VIII
US US ana our imstr"iiSHts nmn aLai!i "a ~ W"unt t
De e1acEtI WIN. ne caiiTna,'" tnaa ~ "uH't ,
to be. Then came the ming OF the giope win
pure hpdrosel naue on tiie SPOT anu i Suhso-
quehtly II was O CLOCK III the hlltrnoun pciute
SSvrrythlmg was rea0s mn M" We uhue 'hr s'arti j
Inc oa,i"om rose s1W .h NM y, WINS ,.nIn n,n
when IL WAS up 10 aoout the heisn' oi lhc s,rnp'o
OF the hnihHn 'athollc hnrch ~ s,.'unn!
ceased rising ana hihS th"Tc perfectly lut'.
Ihere WASH prealn Oh n,r StlrrlhS' ~ !ne
thing had no sort OF driit ana promised 70 stay
Inst where she was until me Wind should rise:
The Professor was miEhtily pehs.a. ana 10 my
mind MontRomery ought 10 ,h nave n,em SATISFIED ,