Wilmington journal., 1859-09-09
The Electrical Light.

The light in the heavens on Sunday night is noted in
all directions. AS looked towards the sky between
the hours of and 10 and 10 and H. at Staten Island,
the light exceeded in spendor and variety of colorng
any thing of the kind eyes witnessed. The old
poets represented Aurora rising in chariot from the
ocean dropping the gentle dew from her rosy fingers
but that was the morning twilight. The visible streams
OF Auroral light seen on Sunday were not the common
Aurora Boreais they were more in the range of east
and west than in the north The light appeared in
streams, sometimes of pure milky wheness and some
times of light crimson They assembled towards the
zenith from faint lines and increased to broad sreaks of
light, eliminating in beautiful panopy from
which multitude of brilliant and ever-changing rays
shot down towards the horizon The white and roseed
waves of light as they swept to and from the
beautiful beyond description, and friend near by Us,
while looking to the zenith with the whole heavens and
earth lighted up at greater brancy than is afforded
by the full moon, said that it like resting beneath
the wings of the Almighty The crown above, indeed
seemed like throne of silver purple and crimson hung
and spread out with curtains wings of dazzling beau
ty Never did the heavens to be the work of
the Creator nor the sublmest work of art sink in CON-
parSon so far beneath the wondous skill and power of
the great Architect Of the heavens The tremuous mo-
ton OF moving light which the inhabitants of the Shet-
land Islands call the merry dancers" less appa-
rent than usual but in place of it those full bright
changing but more steady streams of light which gave
an intense briancy to the whole heavens. Seeing all
this In the country, with bricks mortar high walls
to obstruct ones observation the view was much more
impressive than in the city-N 7. Enpress.
SPECTACLE SToRY.--A good story is told by a
dealer who had advertised eyeglasses, by the aid of
which person could read easily the finest print.
wedressed rishman called at his counter one dav to
be fitted to pair of spectaces. AS he had remarked
that he had never worn any, were handed to him
that magnifed very little He looked hard through
them upon the book set before him. but declared he could
make out nothing. Another pair of stronger power
were then sadded upon his nose but unsuccessfuy as
before Further trials made until at length the
almost discouraged dealer passed to him a pair
which magnifed more than all the rest in his stock
The customer quite impatient as the merchant at
having tried so many and owered through them at the
printed page with all his might. Can you read that
printing ?" inquired the dealer pretty certain that
he had hit it right this time at any rate "Dvil bit"
was the reply Can you read at all w said the mer.
chant unable to conceal his vexation any longer Read
at all ?" cried the customer There's not single
word among them that can identify his fatures" a
say can you read at all ?? exclaimed the dealer impa-
tently "Out wild your shouted the lrishman, throw
ing down the spectaces in huff {" If L could read,
what would be after buying pair of spectacles for?
You cheat the people wild the day that your glasses wud
help em to read print aisy, but it's big lie, it is -
All you blackguard yOu thought I'd bug 'ena uUithom
hry"g em ?" And he left the store, muttering hum
bug-humbugP'