Show recent plan of another arctic expedition tion an immense balloon to be employed abl h will be stored with apparatus and for a bix trip in paris not in laputa there is it appears a college of aerial navigation and the vaulting ambition of the members of the body in question might fairly arouse the admiring envy of our own modest little balloon society which when there is nothing of particular interest going on in the world of is content to discuss such extraneous topics as shakespeare and the musical glasses says the london telegraph the collegiate aerial navigators of ludotia aim at far more exalted things than mere theoretical dilettantism they are nothing if not practical and two of their alumni one ao aeronaut and the other an astronomer propose at an early dale to make an attempt to reach the north pole by oheans of a balloon they have been so hind as to explain to their colleagues their intended mode of procedure in order to and perhaps pass the ultima chulo of arctic exploration the north polar balloon is to be made of a double thickness of silk which will be indeed with an impenetrable varnish and the machine will be capable of holding about forty five thousand fet of pure hydrogen gas having a sustaining force of eight thousand founds accompanying this huge piece do resistance will be a few retty tiny rickshaws kickshaws kick shaws in the shape of sma n pilot balloons which are to be sent up aaroon as the adventurous voyagers reach the north pole to test the abc currents that distant region and there wil falso bo attached to tho machine bom huge bags full of r hydrogen to reDl bo main reservoir in case of need of course these jhuge hags will all be provid edwith vades else the probability of their bursting when the balloon gets anio a highly will be a afar from remote contingency the car which for an indefinite period is to be the residence of the voyagers will bo coated wih thin steel and will accommodate in addition to the aeronaut and astronomer a sleigh eight dogs to draw a small unsinkable canoe and provisions for a months ithe stores will it is to be hoped contain a good supply of cinc ment wherewith to anoint tho edges of the to pro vent their freezing in high latitudes the astronomer likewise will of course be provided with ani adequate stock of instruments wherewith to take tho minutest observations of the polar star or little bear discovered in 1970 K C by the chinese emperor along llong ti who as everybody knows wasa grandson of admiral noah r such ia tho outline of the certainly enterprising scheme propounded to the college of aerial navigation by SIM and hermite who should not at any rate bo denied ho credit of having paid minute attention to the details of an amusingly amusing Ty quixotic plan in order to keep the balloon at a uniform distance from the earth it will be furnished with a stout rope and a grapnel or anchor to drag along the of ice or water the experience of the travelers among pack ice will probably be of the most exciting citing ox description tho balloon however is not to scarf direct from paris apt the arctic regions hence the will be avoided of its coming down at strives la a few hours after its ascent tw 0 vessels are to be equipped at a french port and sail for spitz bergon there h gas will bo manufactured presumably by a car fa of iron filings to bo ho ships and the great balloon and its satellites sat elites will bo inflated the aeronauts aero estimate their stay in the air at about ten days duration and meanwhile they will ba employed in meteorological and photographic observations and experiments which it may he hoped will bof bo disturbed by the barking odthe eight dogs in tuo car where the adventurers will descend they have at present no definite idea they have tamly a very wide world before them where to choose or indeed they would have if the wind in its circuits allowe cj any choice of deacent deb cent bat all to aena navigators destitute of any steering apparatus pa ratus an important geographical fact has icon ascertained at the sacrifice of many valuable lives and the aturo of treasure but that is all the duration of the expedition of the balloon adventurers will not it is estimated exceed six months and there is a rood deal to be dono in half abear by intelligent and resolute men cs specially ally ata the north pole As for the cost of the trip it will bo a more flea bie some abo larger part of which will go for the b alro and equipment of the vessels which are to proceed to spitzbergen Spitz bergen abo the outlay will be supplied by the s aeronauts aero themselves assisted by the subsidies chich they hope to receive from scientific societies both in england and in france looking ai the splendid endowments with which tiac societies in this country aro favored i by tho state there can be little doubty r ve should say that from burlington r bouse and aiom the balloon Society at the westminster aquarium most liba eral contris contrib con trib atlon vill boj nade toward helping the vivacious bauls io get by means of a balloon to abe north pole french bodies avill be of course quite as anxious to join in the good work and cash should also bo confidently looked for from fhe general public including the fortunate thop shares tho start tor is not to be mado until Mav 1892 and the interval vii bo devoted to exper ments to ascertain how long fc blob romain in a balloon without de sc ending on hoan aro tho aspeti sp eti mants to bo made ian the aeronauts aero themselves or an tho to oblige perhaps cheapest way would bo to test the endur i ance of the |