Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 October 1894 — Longest Balloon Voyage. [ARTICLE]

Longest Balloon Voyage.

The longest balloon voyage as far as we know was one undertaken in 1883, in which the distance traveled saw more than twelve hundred miles. Three voyagers on that occasion made an ascent in France, with the intention of crossing the Mediterranean and landing in Algeria. The wind, proving unfavorable, carried them toward Corsica. When they were near that island the balloon descended toward the water, and for a time thair lives were in great jeopardy. By throwing out all their apparatus they succeeded in getting the balloon to rise to a height of between two thousand and three thousand feet,and, travelling on to Italy, they safely descended-in that country at a little village near Brescia.[New York Telegram. The aesthetic matron of to-day encircles the waist of her flowing house gown of Japanese crepe in apple blossom, chrysanthemum or porcelain blue hue, with a girdle of jet beads and cabochons strung on elastic. The strands are held together with jet slides, and ornate c asps hold the front. For matronly wear there are ribbon trimmings of moire, with jet ornaments placed along the center and jetted point d’esprit quilling at th® edges. (