Show GItANC1 AFTEH GJJOUY i THE OPEAT ANORBE BALLOON nEADY FOR BUSINCSS I tl lit fllrl fee Ih Sarlh Ialr Thl ann 1 he 1fepra line lllnf tutefulu7 ll < < rrl from Ilia fyhllr A Ilaardna SJnderthla AltlB littler 10 New I York Journal If I I I any reader of the Journal ahould hap happen lo find a o alrlp of canvan bearing thin ilimp It would be a public pub-lic duty to let tho world know The lamp shown Ii I an exact fac simile of that with which the plecei of the grot ndrec balloon which 11111 hoped will p Journey to the North Tote are marked U It n wonderful balloon to which he daring aeronaut will nut their tree and great hopes The moil mar velou air ship over built will not com pare with It Tor b > mean of thli reation III I la hoped to achieve Ibo pur pope which luau urged countlen undaunted un-daunted men to death It represent i the only mean of reaching Iho North Pole thai hoe nol proven nn ahioluta failure If the project iicceed France will claim the glory for which Kngllih peaking natloni hate striven for more than a century If It fall It will boone bo-one more to add to the wrecks that straw the pith iclcnro hat made to ward what has proved Ibo Impassable burler that bar us from nu one know what It la I easier for n camel lo pass through the eye of a needle than for u Journalist to get Into the work In Paris where M Uichambrn manufacture manufac-ture this balloon In which M 1 H A Andree and two companion MM Nils Kkhnlm and StlnducrK are to attempt the feat of refilling the North Pole I hap however been able to penetrate pene-trate Into M Uiehamhros bull ling It U I hidden iiwiy In a detolale quarter of Parts closa to the fortllleallonii In nn almost inaccessible corner of Vuugl rnnl I rnnlM M Iachambie 10 I a nnn of even more mysteries than hula fellows for Ibo reason rea-son that ho la I deeply Interested mill lury ballooning Therefore every stranger who passes within hall of bile lIrork U I taken to be a bemoan apy In ligulse It took n quarter of an hour to periuado the gatekeeper thai my Intention I tention were honest Al lait ho contented con-tented 1 to Inform Mme Iachambrc of rl II on my presence her husband t being nb I tent I I found tho balloon In a spacious I shed where billoani have been evolved evolv-ed 1 from bah hood tu maturity In appearance ap-pearance tho ear resemble one ot hoi cooking poll In which Trench nouiowUei mnkn the national dish of I soup and unarchlut convert Into bombJ Stoutly eonitrurtpd of wicker and cane It It I covered with n waterproof water-proof material It contain lufllclent provisions for three men for 120 day a supply of extra clothing scientific instruments in-struments and there bag Huffed with wool to acne at beta Prom the centre ot the car there rise a sort of woolen axe tracr lng tho tightly filling coyer of wicker work btnuath which the royagert expect to He at snugly ai In their bed nt home All the moro Important rope work It l fltlachexl to the protruding portion of the wooden axe Just mentioned Above the car II l arranged a platform 8CO41 to whit h u I obtained b > meant ot rope ladder Other lidden lead up la the lower of the three valve of the bal loon Thin trio of valves is I a special feature The remaining two are fixed about halfway up the balloon one on each aide M to harhambre laugh at the Idea ot hla balloon bunting Nothing would bunt It ho is I certain after the precau lions he 155 taken The material of which It 1 le I male Is I double everywhere I every-where and quadrupled where the pren aura Ii I greuteil The Iwu layer of tuff are muck together by a eompo lit Ion of M Lachambr finding and In the adhealve qualities of which be tope the greatput confidence The wholes I whole-s lo bo covered with a varnlih alto tlI his discovery and used In Ills balloon for Ihe first time Other ipeclal Invention In-vention are lo ba adapted l tu the balloon bal-loon and especially a system of Mils which the aeronaut declare will enable en-able them to guide their vessel lo avery a-very conildenhle extent An allImportant feature of the balloon bal-loon It I Its guide ropes three In number num-ber The entire success of the expedition expedi-tion hlngca on there guide rope It must nol he I supposed that the balloon Is I lo go careering through space nt nn enormous altitude If Its owner can help It It will never he more than two I I or three hundred meter above the earth At this height the guide rope will trail on lie ground According more or lens I of the rope trail the bit loon will rise or full ni Ibo weight ll haa lo carry will clearly Increase or do crease In proportion to the length of I rope dangling In nililnlr The guide ropes welch about 1000 kilogramme r I 5 o j a it j I 1 fti f u 1 ti t V S St l rV s urn a t f I Till IIALLOON THAT WILL THY TO IlKACII Till NOUTII 1OLK They have been carefully made of the boil obtainable hemp and thorough Impregnate with vaseline so DI lo In acre non abrorptlon of water The fate of tho tmeller depend on these guide rope bccauno they are to con tinkle l III not to Hear out M 1 In chambro dusts not think there la I any danger of this contingency Ho polnu out tint the Ice field which iirrmmd I the Iolo are to all Inante and purpose Bnioolh und at Itn any rate present no obtaele In form of vegetation that nro likely lo damage blue rope it was nt one lime proposal to hal > rccourw lo n ulnnlo Iron chain os n guide In plate of rope but It hoe tlonlly been tattled that lump It tho but mitcrlal Another much dcumd point woe whether the balloon should carry n Iclgh on which the travdlera might effect their return were Iho balloon to come to grief Thl precaution hat been dispensed with us quite iinnccm nary Tho extreme confidence In Ibo expedition U I hown by the fad that neither M 1 Iaclmmbre nor Iho three pamengcr > coiuldir they hate any thing more than n pleaaant nerlal promtnado before them In the court of which they will Imbibe plant of fresh nlr nmuw thcmsclei by mak Ins Klentlfic obirnatloii and bring back a collection of photograph whlah will probably be Hunting In anthing more nnlmalod l than on occasional polar bear bill which will Introduce to the world landscape of untrodden spices If not ot trail Heidi and pat lured new M Ucbambrc although ho la I the father ot n family would have liked to hive made the journey him elf but there wits no room for him Ho is I ready to go ball however that his balloon will make the Journey without let or hindrance and will comeback come-back ai right and light on the day U left hit work An he explains It nothing Ii I simpler that tha whole affair At the beginning begin-ning of July when the balloonists will etart from Nor Koearna a small it lunil near ftpitibergen balmy toutherl wind blow round that quarter of the globe ai If In special provision of the needs ot ballonlst travelling to tail Norlh Iole All the three voyager will I hate to do is I to float along Impelled by friendly air current As M La chambre Insists a baby could nail his balloon Where the wind goes there will go Ibo balloon and as no one bu reason to suppose hit the wind will avoid the North Iole the balloon ought to reach there In due lime Ilet her still when once the regloninlmcdat arc gained I Ibo wind Is vchedulcd 10 continue to behave Itself with exemplary exem-plary docility and no If It were conscious con-scious that It ihould blow not where It lltteth but In Ibo Interests of scientific scien-tific enlorrr What doe It do Having wafted the traveler lo their destination It aaeeps round and carries them In a homeward direction which It he I thought will be by way of Siberia M 1 Andree bins no doubt whatever that by October at the latest he will be In Siberia All three theories In which UIOM who hate developed de-veloped them devoutly believe will loon be put to the proof In a few day M I VlellUrd will start from Chinlllly near Paris with the material for build ing the ipeclall designed shed lo bo erected nl Nor Koreni In which the balloon is I to be Inflated t It will be a wooden edifice four nlorlen high and forming a regular octagon of twenty metre In diameter The roof of canvas can-vas I detachable and will be drawn off when Ibo balloon filled with Itsw KOO cubic metre of hydrogen I is ready lo catch Ihe rat favoring breeze M 1 Lachambre It I coins In person to miner Intend the mounting and Inflating ot bole balloon and to start It on what he I malls lIa little excursion I Hhould add u that blue t e torn of three guide rope on lire excellence of which the ucccM of M Andrcci expedition hang baa hi en carefully tested In the ntlghborhood of Purls recently by Commandant Itenanl the head nf the famous French military balloon estab lishment nt Meinlon nnd by Claiton Tlwandler another of the moil erIe brated Trench aeronaut M I Uiclinni bre U I e nth + Irlas llc at t the results of these experiment which he declire place the SIKTMIB of the expedition be ond a doubt He > know what he la I talking about but lo the ayathomo folk who are not epeelnllals n Journey lo the North Polo will appear rather moro dangerou I In n balloon than In nay other conveyance JULIAN UALIII |