Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-08-07
THIN GAZETTE.
TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST :, 1860.
THE METEOR OF JULY TWENTIETH.

,ar If meteols. Tor such il was, was first seer
hv the inhabitants OF Detroit. Mlchlgan-
erom the statements gwen they seem 10 nay
observed it at the moment that 1t became III
mnouS from entering the earth atnlosln
It was undoubtedly seen much iarther est
and we may vet hear that such has Deeii .he
case. At that time il was about iorty-h,e
miles from the surface gt the earth. Dy '"e
observations of Dr. Peters, OF Hamilton COZ
Ieya Clinton. n Y. ii was thirtE-hVe niles
b;ch when it passed south OF that place
Another excellent observation Tor aetermlh'
ming its height was made by gentleman al
Fulron. y. Y. v no saw ii actually occult the
rlanet Mars. 1t nearest approach to the
carth's surface, was when II passed over the
hudson, at an altitude of nearly thirty-l'e
miles. The observations made 1T the taIi-
bridge observatory give 1t the same ai'it"oe
above the sea when bearing south. Ii was
then 40 miles south Of Boston. W hen 1t
irst became visible. it was over the central
cart Of Michigan; it then crossed over Lake
Enron, passed a few miles south OF the Falls
Of Niagara, traversing the State Of New
t'ork in an east southeaserly direction, ana
crossing the Hudson little IL the south OF
West Point. The last we hear OF 1t ~, that 1t
go and 800 miles out at sea.
Professor Bond considers it probable that
1 did not fall upon the earth: but that, con
,inuing its uninterrupted course. 1t passed
Oh, Of our atmosphere while over the Allan
lantic Ocean. But notwithstanding that tins
deduction best statistic. the observations hlth-
10 received, we should look with much inter
gct for accounts from Bermuda and the Cape
Verde Islands, both OF which lie near the
presumed path of the meteor, and also from
vessels which may have been sufficiently
1eer liz track To have witnessed It,
Not least interesting incident conn ected
With its appearance IN this vicinity Is the
.~ect of it, having been observed through Il
.alescope ) inches aperture by Mr.. L. \. Da-
.no1 of this city. who chanred ut the mo-
.aent 20 be looking At the planet Mars
Seeing the light Of the meteor, he turned his
,al,scone upon it. and followed its course un-
ii it passed out OF sight. tie made sketch
O. lie appearance showing that the train ct
cpcrks which ii left behind, came from the
srolt Of the mass, where. from the compress
.;ion Of tie air being greatest, the comDuS-
,ioa was most intense. This may also eX-
0!fiE why the meteor appeared so white aud
brilliant st first when the front OF IT, IN all
inc&ndescent state, was presented To view.
anG led when it had passed the beholderS,
-!hv then saw the back of 1t where the heat
vas not so violent. This SKETCH Mr.. Damon
322t 20 professor Bond through whose KIND
nes3 we have been allowed to eN anime II,
&aC iron whom we have obtained most nt
one information herein contained. The APP
oearGLcc of the sparks, as they burst from
the meteor, and then fell back to form the
.ail, Eorciblv reminded US ot D0natl's comet,
Is seen through the great telescope at Cam
bridge.
':'he least diameter of the principal mass
1,:&S hall a mile how much OF this may have
been gas or smoke cannot be aSccrtancd,
gu, t is fair to suppose that the rapid rate
-treaty Llilcs in secOnd-at which 1t pas
3et through the air would leave all the light
e. particles detached from it in its rear
toSt01 Transcript J"y 80.
Tdg TONGUE ScRArER-Dr. Oliver Wen
&C.. '-olmeS, in his recent address before the
massachusetts, Medical Society, gives the
following interesting description OF Il little
ilstrumen. which, according to this account,
has possessed Il remarkable historical lnpor-
.%nce:-
"Gne practical hint may not lie out OF
place here 1t seems to be some times Tor
gottea by those who must know the tact,
that the tongue is very different, anatomlcal-
" End pnysologically, from the stomach.
.tG condition does not III the least IMPLY that
o. the stomach which is very different
Structure, covered with Il different kind OF
ep.thelium and furnished with entirely diff
:areat secretions. \ slverSmlth will, Tor 4
dollar make small hoe, Of solid silver,
which will last for centuries and will give u
pftiant more comfort used for the removal
o. ,he accumulated epithciium and fungus
<.ro1.hs which constitute the fur than
may prescription with Il split-tooted Il.
before it. addressed to the parts out OF reach.
-, think more Of this little implement, be
csI.e | consider that the use of it, or some
ring lie it, saved the Colonel at Plymouth
il the vear los. Edward WinSlow heard
mar Tussasot was sick and like 10 die. He
:ound him with house-full OF people about
him, v1omen rubbing his arms and legs, and
friends making such hellish noise rs they
:>robably Thought would scare away the devil
3ic,;ness A case OF typhoid fever, clearly,
l,.h prostration, stupor. epistaXis and fright
Iul sordes. hinslow gave him some con
serve, :.:sDed his mouth, Scyapsd ks t0nyn|,
Grin,:, mace him some broth, dosed him with
eli in.u,on of strawberry leaves and sasSa-
craa loot, and had the satisfaction Of seeing
MIN rapidly recover. Massasoit full Of graf
itudv, revealed the plot which had beer,
foImet 20 destroy the colonists, whereupon
me Governor ordered Capt. Miles Standish
6 see them; who thereupon, everybody
remembers. stabbed Peckshot with his own
.nlfe, broke up the plot, saved the Colony,
anc lhuC rendered Massachusetts and the
.,saccachrsetts Medical Society possibility,
a. taey nov are a fact before Us. So much
Tor thi6 parenthesis of the tonguc-Scraper,
,'hich saved the young colony from much
MOE SERIOUS scrape, and may save the
Jnion VET if a Presidential candidate should
a>p9,n to be taken sick as MaSsasoit was, and
his ,ongu1 wanted cleaning which process
would aot hurt a good many politicians,
ri o. Without a typhoid fever.
CAUTIOUS hEN.-Some men use words as
tin3nvn 90 bullets. They say little. The
-ev Uoru2 used 10 right 10 the mark. They
ie, you tall, and guide with their eve and
fece, Oh and on, Till what you say can be
answered in n word or two, and then they
lence ont & sentence, ncrce the matter to the
ouici:, end are done. (uu never know where