Show A BALLOON TO THE POLE since Sebastian Cabot having set out from bristol in for the search of a passage which would lead to china and east india by the northwest first penetrated the arctic regions the polar problem has ever been of which modern enterprise are bent to tackla mill unremitting assiduity alio perplexed question is slow in solving for the obstacles which oppose the solution are loo often BI reddest skill and boldest endurance of man at the present moment a new expedition tion is beng organized in england which promises to enlighten us with regard to that rolling ocean which lashes with furious billows those bank ofick that have hitherto seemed an impenetrable barrier to the advance of human inquisitiveness in certain circles of london there exists no little excitement and noise concerning the rather unexpected project of a captain cheyne this asserts that ho Is going to reach the north pole by means of a balloon capt cheyne has a very distinct aim and hia pio gramme is undoubtedly bold enough iio intends to advance as far north by vessel as possible then leaving the ship he would ascend i his aerostat to start on the aerial journey towards the erra incognita of the pole the senes e the iron nail of the tartar poets from the start the plan presents an appearance of encouraging sims pl icily but soon the objections object iona arise all the knowledge available at pie sent concerning the condolon con dilon of the glacial regions tells us that the winds are very variable there besides all the skill of numerous aeronauts aero has as yet proven the or at least extreme difficulty ot controlling cont roling at will the direction of balloons therefore many parties taking into consideration the apparent dangers of dr cheones Che ynes expedition have questioned him with regard to the mechanism of his aerial navigation with an unmistakable air of full faith and confidence in bis project the captain informed his that his apparatus was constructed so as to work in the uninhabited glacial regions the experiments could net be advantageously attempted in the climate of england and in the midst of a numerous population the argument has disturbed nobody the voyager of capt cheyne must begin soon and the preliminary arrangements are made under the patronage of the most exalted per of the united kingdom with this scientific view lish navigator has combined philan tropical hrop ical intentions as laudable as singular the fate of the unhappy Esqui maux dying of hunger has deeply moved the captain this be ner englishman wishes to introduce among the inhabitants of greenland i the ind customs of his fellow countrymen with regard to comfort hygiene and rational alimentation people collect says he subscriptions for the people whom famine desolates in china and divers part of asia but all must not forget that a famine is also to b e apprehended Esqui maux this idea of exercising charity by balloon in a climate where the thermometer descends to fifty degress below zero ia certainly new and does not lack in ingenuity we only fear in the interest of the proposed expedition that seeing the yet imperfect construction of balloon will not prove an auxiliary sufficiently dura ble and manageable to load to a goo I end the proposed of aerial charity among a populace which knows neither charity nor balloons |