The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-01-12
AER0RAuT'S TRIP IN
A ROWLING TEMPEST
CoHlte de La Vaulx's Long to
Be Remembered Elk
pc; ience.
A
Was carrseasl. Gu. to. Set But by /,
Caprice oiN,tho Elements. Again
Brought to Land .andato
Safety.

Safety.
Paris Cor. Losdon:sGIobe..
Son1e Henry de Lw Natfks, The NsWela
ksown Frencfr,aeronauts hass lead rtan.
ana various adventures in lis day, ybu
his latest oIs srnacl.s soaaevesAatN O.
vaudeville. He and anst9ler aenNheaAt
NJ. .sanbert,- Meis5 to Algeria % sess TIA
eclipse of the sun and to take dbsssp\a-
tons from their balloon, the ,,eatsyAre
The "Trip was most successful, sind
rome very Interesting svssntinc. GtNa
were secured Tho trouble came affair.
When Dhe aeronaats ma6e their Ae.-
scent, the natives, shrinking the aelr4aA
monster had something to do with the
eclipse, were at first disposed tbs givs
lbs passengers a hostile reception. but
III the end they overcame their feau
and aided the Toyagess from the cstsldss
to anchor. When Co.slte de La Nfallit
and his companion had maize every.
thing fast they went off in search. Of
something to eat, leaving thesri photbA
graphic apparatus slu,sg up toSthe rig
gings of the balloon. THE nativcs,,'
they argued, ARE so ignorant and sn-
perstatious that they Will be AFRAID to
touch our cameras" Hut the native
has avery strong propenuity f~or'thie5@
sng, end so soon as he had come 20,
the conclusion that there was nothing.
supernatural shout the balloon or it's
passengers he began to vol for plum
der. Itidid not take him long t3-finl3s
it. The result vas that when the aero~-
nauts returned to the Cetataure they
found It stripped of its photographic
apparatus The natives had stolen all
the Instruments, and although the
count trtsdeto' brighten them by telling
thatsin cas OF inexpert hand1ings
they would go Off with terrible con-
might as we'll have saved
the, trouble. The Instruments
Were not returned.
What Ccnte de La yaulx himself Sc
scribes as the most thrilling of his *
periences vas the so-called "C%oncosrs
de Tempte,R which took place OF ~
&c, 1900, when he star ed in the
Inflated with $500 cubic yardiaS
of gas, With number of o~thel.ballool III,
III the midstsof a tremendous storm. J..
The experiment." he afterNvsFd sajI.t.
exceedingly dangerous, and er7-i
urged that the ball Isras lls &.4
better wait .ttl the storm vas overi !
But as Commanders Rcaard, Who rers,sj
esented tbs committee of the. Paris, !
exposition, VAS assent. and Was red
placed by M..l4ouis Gadard, tae. latter |
to admit OF amy delay, and sailil
he would net Jake upoiAnhimsele.f
responsibility sG calling off thai
competition. l. staGted with IN. Ousi
Diet and Ief3o, whom I had yai1llvtt
lrlee1 to persuade 10 remain sIxsan tiletl
aboI-a7. o'9lnels in the EVENING"
of t~l2arballoo,as that had start =
ed before ms. were dashed against. thet,
5resss, n tho vast crowd a3sambleGi3
feared. a catastrophe al every moment..i
striking any obstacle, and Va wero
westwands by . furious ssal4a. The.
night was dark Dun pace vas from.
afty to sixty. miles an hour,aand ar
9:a0 we we1e-already in sighas of tho
o. La Heye. @7
We expected To he dashel.90utr tod
Tea, when Suddenly a stranga4eaprica
Of the wind acaTrss& US south. and TO.
. while we ttoped to keep at7ay fronaAl
The coast. But, a9On after we agaiE.;
lights a5iAvrsanclles and The heaVR !
surge along the coast, and the sound
of the waysa.. rasaIing and d%ashingJ
against the rocks reached oTr ears.
My companions grew pale, aud I musgsi
/ myself gave up ever, Gndng fer
sost, for to- land among these rocaas
meant certain death for us all, and our
10 sea we could only expect short shriesssfst
ne satiSfaetion--that l haGs4lnot wilisiF
ngly unde sta.kera such a foGd.ardy e,ss
ploit, the oalyy oEe in which Il ever i1s,l
cured sers5nssdtaGger, and tlgat anoth ~
vas responsible. In anotlMT insta lts
We We're over tine sea, VIII immense.
pillows rcilfrlg, below. My .9@anpan1eass
'emained SILENT and we aiA expecaedi
he worst. But happily IL ei1 again E1l-.
yored usSs. /,
I'm the.distaHGe we perceived lignt--.
and. THE dark outlines of .the.E
coast, toward which we seemed teobe..
1t Was 1 %o'clae2- The oal-r
Don spadt allsag rapidly. and when. III
.hOuubt I We Mern aY1innrhAr dry f1M6d I
let a laOtt!n. fall. I hean@ it wttlysre-e
lief strike tats- ground distinctly, nd III
Knew VIC. Mase saxed I19nlled at once.
or all TWAS worth on tlNs escape salYes
i1ss another moments our auGh9rr
the ground. Bug the rae n thah
was terrific. We We're joktaGT
lanstdbd about in oSur basket a, d4a>
.ances of aver a mile, In the dsIlcneae
striking against branches OF tire OBJ. ard
eac1p Of, US holding oss to the car for /
lear life. At last the anchor caught,
irnalM I'm a tree, and!dhe balloon, iteself;
dashed into q grove, where. the.
,ilH: Was torn, and tife a la1HAAdl be-l
,idep q hedge. We. h1n1. indeeoa. al ntarA 4
'eHW escape. and I should nos, 1ika to !
-apeat the experience" /
Rangman Liked His loks.. e
Prom the Landon Chroi3Gles.
BiafSngton. the hss1gsnan. die1i ON Satur7
at his resistance at CeApulA, near
ChoFtey, where heoarried on lNsihssAask
Ellington hada been i'll fo1r some time,
amx3 tho coyse n srt7nafh was I1,a,,a.r Nor,,