_ T1 _ THE t&l_'.\l{l)l.\.\`. t`|lAl{Lt)'I'l`E'I`()\\'N. P. li. I., l)E('EMBER 14. 1899. lf, - *_ _,A __ -_ , -- - _ _ 7 » . . » ’ " ,,'-a 1 * - "`~ , ,,,,_ _‘h,.,,¢‘W K >;,,M‘”,,,.,.,..,¢*""“'*"’*W,>" “_” 1* 1”* f;*__.-"“.*-.“vr"" l“"'4u 1*' -A -' H -v-.~......-are An' wrinl dockyard at Lake Constance. A ;::?;rmi:d;t¥";' “T=,:°'|;' miitt'elrith‘;‘l‘n‘ieiii:st.hlliobv students of the xhaue ed. and aUQ& ie lo n is becoming ai. 0 th ‘mm ” 0 THEAIR .~ - .::.... mav jouiney to Paris by a tnrou h ex- ___ press balloon? 8 The machine now approaching com- pletion can hardly even be designated Va balloon. lt consists of a large hull _. similarpto that of a ship, and it is divi- ded by partitions into compartments, _ into each of which a balloon is intre- » tduced and indated to cause the huge ' Lship to ascend in the air. The vessel sD¢Cd Ol all H0111' is noless than 420 feet long and 87 in diameter, being nearly as long as the Pl2nnCd-°ThC Future EX' cruisers af the Niobe class, but little “more than half the width. The frame- Dl'CSS Ballfmni `wcrk is`entirely made of aluminum, land is we resemble a vast birdcage #ith if d _ » ire pee. an is covered with a , ,, “To which it is said has never been H, f ...tn-. . - »..».=........ °"-i-.‘:”..f‘:.,.~.;;<;':.";.":‘.‘.°.‘:.';.°.:.°;."°°°.. e ' 30"" Z°PP°ll°» “ ¢°“°“l in th' 6”’ tem gives certain important advantages. ` I 5"' "WY ‘"4 * 'M' °f *N hl!|*°*‘ This arrangement permits the use of A u ieiontiio stauling, announces taat the rigid chgmbu., ,S `, ,pmu ,mhom ~ sh e ' ' ?l"°f\if ip it h\°°°