Show SOME BALLOON STORIES thrilling Thrill ine eine and the wises arc no two better known in alio llio ennals of aeronautics anys alic Phili idelphia alian of king and wise irot A kin is nov in hiis sixtieth year lias n practical aug the first in alic summer of clial year froni the old zoological nl garden ii park since thill lie lias oan il voyages nud a many his wife who is a quiet modes l little woman lia lias s inada n 0 hin sigid lucli safer mode of traveling car ariage riding she is afraid nf horses but mind taking a jaunt through the nir n mile or so above the earth in one of her trips she once and n narrow escape it wu two years ngo at after ii remarkably pleasant ascension the balloon in descending suddenly swayed when near die earth abid caught in si dead tree the slurp branch ripped lie balloon bil loon open causing it to collapse mid landing the basket iu winch she her husband sat in a fork of a tree sixty feet from the earth As quick aa thought arof king braced the basket with a ropo until ho had cut the balloon away then dropping another rop to sonic hands ho loosened the basket and was lowered over 1 limb to the cirth c irth neither lie nor his wife received a scratch tho only lime lie was ever hurt was in nn ascension from augusta ga when lie descended the balloon caught on a dead pine and was torn he attempted to descend by drag rope when hie balloon collapsed and came down will a crash babli bruising but not huiting him some of hi voyages fmc becu exceedingly perilous on october 11 ho went up foni f oni got ouight in 11 waud and aina down al oi tion montgomery county luila i from the starting point the whole trip consuming but two hours on october 16 lie made his memorable ascension from chicago with nasli agen of the signal service burani Burc ni he wis up nineteen hours aind alie wisconsin wilderness where lie and his companion lost their wiy and suffered terribly baton they again czinu in contact alio balloon lie used in that trip is the ono he will make hid ascension in today to day one night lie ans suspended between sky and earth for thirteen th iteen hours over the maine and annida wilderness his experience that was thrilling and tim wis made ait 4 p m at N II 11 his companion being luther E of alic boston journal for six hours they nung over ii mile above the wilderness tho balloon bil loon not losing a toot of gas or the car an ounce of they came down next morning they at the head of a new railroad which wa being constructed ted aco miles below quebec neni the gulf of st lawrence OUT they biad spent 11 of the night the road ans JOO miles away from anny oilier road or civilization they rode to quebec on 1 driven by a 1 ranch canadian mr holdan always attrib ditc itc 5 their luck descent to an interposition of dilim providence iu nil lie made in august from lowi lie in a storm and came kcjr being struck by lightning tho r of the air isted ou the balloon bil loon ind drove thu gas from the neck onto his head and through the open wilh terrific velocity lie biad n thrilling descent throngs the clouds and on reaching the earth hent crashing trees landing twelve miles from where lie ascended having been driven buck by alio storm the whole trip consumed of an hour on th ahli of july of the year lie took ii pirty of seven including two bridal over luke eric from cleveland the balloon sailed ocr hie to bullaro Bul lalo ahei c it a back current and returned pasting pas ting cleveland gradually approaching the canada short which it at point an aele it then n strip of canada ind thirty liec miles of lake st aldir landing eleven miles irom huron it midnight having made ISO miles in thirteen iionia on another fourth of july he took live iuchi froia aimo u quinton X J he crowed alic followell follo weil I 1 the a far ais il grace took a sharp turn mid kiil il adne bitet acro antoni ti jarcy alie trip thirteen his vast experience mj anny exploits alie professor i a nal will no promises about liis trip lo ilay lie says it nil ol 01 alio llio ali it he will ilo liis besl to make a gr of alic ascension prof viso ii hie son of alie late jolin wise sr alio was lost while in niri il Toy sige lie ciali liis clinty eais iia when but yanis of nc ill dale springs W at lies arnt hii two ami one halt miles 1111 three hours camling sixty five miles aiom lie starting point to which place lie in an oxcart ox cart four acara liter lie made an ascension from newburyport miss on alic occasion of til civil celebration the wind was blowing toward alie ocean anil alic committee offered to pay alic the ascension rather than take any risks lul atter cou vilh his father lie decided to anike the ascension after going up eighteen thousand feet very lupinin anu more rapidly be struck plum island bar As abero wore no inhabitants and to grapple the oula alter baliva was to jump out of tau griir abia be did landing affey iu the dmd the balloon lightened of its load abot into abu air wd baw to ax alio next morning il was picked up by i COO mik miki i away and brought into n the whole ascent ami descent occupied one half hour the sailors on the whaler when they saw alito halloin lal loin bonting in the it was an immense blubber anil liar it it collapsed and was kiiken on bonal alu cw bury port lapors of alic d ay iy being fonna in the car alic professor his been ever actively engaged iu and at various lauca has taken up ciary inc niber of his family having in thirty firo cars made over linn und ascensions his iou jolin jr niada w first ascension it ahe age of eight years with his tather one of alic notable haa ever been bunc was by liim under the direction of bis father at grecny counti alien lie was only fourteen years od after working half 1 dy at the balloni lie supply of gis asive out when thu balloon was only bialt full tin bill loon refused tu ascend with the boyi his father decided to do n tinny eliut anit never or rince been he cut tho lower halfon the balloon off while lie was doing thi sonie officious spectator cul hie valve rope ua feidt bevoni the buys ru cl iti the of i i ain storm the fourteen acar old aeronaut went sailing into spice aind beyond tho clouds hatless and coil lesa nud willious willi out ii valve cord lie was directed by hiis father not to go over two finues but being unable to reach the cordi caught in a heavy blonn and was driven forty miles in forty minutes handiii Land iii where avro no means of he was bol bieard from for two days the excitement of the citizens was so alc that they organ n committee to search for and ite libin a reception when found hen he w found the citizens billed hiis aliat liat money he was to dining th voyage ind ivhon aiu lie wn co vercil icicle lie lias ascensions without nil accident |