Arizona republican., 1898-09-24
MINING SUPPLIES.
TIVE MILES up IN THE SKY.
Two Daring BaIIoonisfs Make the ;. Second Highest Ascension.

London. Sept. S.-MOre than nve mics above the smoke of London, where only a strong telescope could, sift them out from the blue, two daring men lowered today in a Greenland temperature, inhal- ing compressed oxygen from tubes in or der that the blood might not gush from their lungs. s-'
 ; Only once before had higher altitude been reached. In the records of aeron- auticr thie feat stands noble second. To be precise. Stanley Spencer and Dr. Ser son reacked a height of 27.500 feet above the earth. Their balloon has capacity of 56, 900 feet. It is more than likely that their observations with instruments of precision will be of scientific value.
 Stanley Spencer Is an aeronaut of re- nown. Dr. ~Berson, his companion, is an investigator of physical science. They made their ascent from the grounds of the Crystal Palace, at Sydenbam, in the crowd.
 Inflated as 1t was with pure hydrogen to the utmost capacity consistent with safety, the balloon shot skyward when cut loose with incredible swiftness. Thou sands of eyes were fastened upon it as it ;shrank to mere speck and then vanish ed. SO far as the naked eye was concern ed: but while the unlearned discussed the exhileratioh of rising and the peril of falling, the learned reflected on the suf-
  thus boldly into the regions of perpetual cold. 's.ls
 Those sufferings were told when the balloonists descended. many hours later, near Romford, in Essex, with traces of the frost still on their faces. But they had something nobler to talk of than mere physical pain and the struggle for life in that atmosphere unfitted for hu- man life. The panorama they had looked down upon, as the earth diminished un- derneath them, had so powerfully affect cd them both that they confessed inabil- ity to find words of description. Quite plainly was the coast of southern Eng land outlined in blue, like map; while the country itself lay like school girls sampler, a crazy-Quilt patchwork in var ious shades of green. with here blue ribhon of river and there gray ble1n-sh of town.
 And around them above them, a blue of such deep and vivid intensity that the dweller upon the surface of the earth. even in Italy, can have no conception Of 1t, say the voyagers.
 saThe lowest temperature recorded by our thermometer" said Dr. Berson, twas 61 degrees below zero. Fahrenheit we were prepared for it, of course. having set out with the intention of going very high; but it caused us severe suffering, nevertheless. Our breath congealed In the nostrils. and our boards grew heavy with hoar frost.
 That plunge out of the humid warmth
  was rather trying, but intensely eXhiler- ating. The extreme cold had the whole some effect of moderating the physical transports induced by the rarefied atmos- phere, but as we got higher this had it's dangerous aspects. and at an altitude Of 25, GOO feet we were glad to use the com pressed oxygen which we had carried with us in tubes. Otherwise we should not have survived the trip"
 The one ascension whose record exceeds that of Dr Reraop and Mir Spencer was also made in England, and for scientific purposes. Its hero was Prof James Glaischer, fellow of the Royal Society, to whom the science of aeronautics owes much.
 On September 5, 1862, MT. Glaischer. ac- companied by an experienced aeronaut named Coxwell, reached an altitude of H.000 feet, or nearly two mics hsher than Berson and Spencer.
 It was perilous voyage, and the sclen- tist nearly paid for his enthusiasm with his life. At a height of five and one-haf miles, little more than was reached to- day, Prof. Glaischer gradually lost the use of his limbs, until at length he be- came totally insensible. Coxwen at this time had climbed up to the ring of the balloon in a frantic effort to free the valve rope, which had become entangled 50 that it was impossible to descend.
 The aeronauts hands became frozen and powerless, and not until he had dropped back into the car and poured brandy over them was the circulation re- stored. He tried to succor his uncon- scious companion, but, feeling lethargy creeping over him, in despair he seized the valve rope between his teeth and jerked his head violently until he accom- plished his purpose, and the escape Of gas caused the balloon to sink into a warmer temperature.
 Glaischer's observations on that event. full trip were an important contribution to the science of the atmosphere.