Doctor Jones' Picnic

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tial parties to members of both houses. By a judicious use of these, they managed to obtain a hearing before the scientific and geographical departments of the Smithsonian Institute. So thoroughly had Dr. Jones and Mr. Marsh mastered the details

both houses, and duly signed by the President. Nothing could exceed the joy and satisfaction of the four friends. They now hurried to their homes and made arrangements

s the long, slender, silver-like ribs of the aluminum framework are put in place, begins to attract the attention of the surrounding populace. And well it might, for as the beautiful globe began to assume shape, certainly nothing so colossal of the kind had ever been seen before

e season. All winter the hundreds of hammers, busily riveted the sheets of aluminum and zinc into place, and by spring the globe, the splendid creation that had existed in the brain of Dr. Jones, was an actuality. Langu

possible information, and no little interest was excited all over our great land. People came from every quarter of the Union, many from Europe to see the mighty, glistening sphere. The crowds were so vast that wo

ole structure gradually, except so much of it as was

ight would the architect allow. He had calculated very carefully and knew to a pound, almost, just what his great ship would carry, and how much fuel would keep her afloat a certain number of hours. But the thing that aroused the admiration of the public was the aluminum shaft that passed from the floor of the cabin straight up through the center of the globe, and extended on above it full ninety feet. And from this dizzy height, floated "Old Glory," constructed of fine

e sphere, and look away into the surrounding country, up and down the Potomac, and over the lovel

Doctor, as they stood with Marsh and De

ly and bravely into their faces that Denison said: "I really beli

r you, Maggie. I have a great mind t

greeable in some way. And then such a host of all sorts of creatures as would rep

ggie. Don't you know of a female acquaintance that you

Bronson could go, it would af

l emphatic way. "Mattie is a lovely, brave, all-a

ed their entire satisfact

sit us, and then I am sure that we can preva

ong, slender stairway, an