The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-11-15

twinkling ray TO give veflety and beauty 60
! so distinctly detineg were the fines OF her
! figure and so clearly visible seemed TO hang of
from the azure vault, suspended in mid air, OF,
/ STOPPING forward from the armament, her fair
/ and radiant face seemed To court
/ and return the gaze OF her watchers
/ O'Clock A. MA few minutes after this
% honr ten sneteors OF lisht reddish hue, eight
, -, .nem the brightness of a star Of the SECOND
tmagnltude, we're seen having their hight
through tho consultations Gemini and Cants
MAJOR, emanating from the direction OF the
constellation Leo. This gave courage to COM
az svdle me sGhiillng atmosphere aud hope of the
sh, We. mutation. To tnterpOse seriously aud
mar ne fHtct OF the display, clouds came
thiekiy 10 rom the northwest, Obscuring a
~ s1Sat brilIia,,cy, double the size of the star
Sirios, shot from 1. ne clouds from the position
of Leo. one towards 'n nroSncil, sSHuth, the other
resent lines along their cNu se and before their
disappearance emitting lunit nus Iralns
Socloek A. M.-Untfl this .houi Sne SKY was
overcast, obseuring the point OF th . me eOrtc
emanattons, and IL had adepressing eflNot upon
the observers, who had not seen enough that
passed quickly in the arguments auo descrip- |
,Ios Ion on the order beauty snblimity, anS glory
was noted with pleasure that the clouds had /
broken and the blue armament again in view, |
$50 A. M.-Now the splendor commenced. |
EiTst, a pale reddish meteor shot from Leo and
liant show. In fifteen mir utes thirty seven,
SIX SIX With trains Of lnrld brilIiancy, had been
Thomas e. Mcclure, were on active duty, Four |
profession ais were stationed at different points,
and they gazed with rapturous delight, as me-, |
teor after meteor shot into the bOundless abyss |
OF space. AS each had their 1ght they were |
4I6 A. M-They came In larger numbers and
extremely more luminous than the others. |
+ sour, bright as q star of the second magnitude,
shot in quick succession to the north Weat |
horizon. They are radiating from Leo in all
41s A. M.-The brightest vet, with a beautiful |
purple and amber color, shot towards the south
visible for fifty seconds, and then falling away |
In brilliant nebu@.
425 A. M.-One hundred and eighty had been
chroDicled; at 430. three hundred and twelve;
at 43S, four hundred and forty being nearly |
sky was almost entirely clouded over, obscurIug |
observation, and rendering only the highest TO
be noted. AT 435, Eve hundred and twelve hal
been seen; at 3S, six hundred and ten; at AL, |
seven hundred and eight. a answer to astro-
nomical prayers, hands hidden from mortal
eyes drew back the cloud curtain and all again
was clear. AT 448, niue hundred were chronf-
cled. and one larger and brighter than any that
eastern horizon; 1t was of oriental sapphire
color, and its flight was like the flash Of sheet
AT 45S, one thousand had been
seen; at 459 eleven hundred.
Sol A, M.-Thls time two of dazzling brill
of emanation, traversing the heaveus In a |
parallel manner through Ursa Maj lrts, disap- |
pearing In the northern horizon. They were |
OF deep purple, and had long, beautiful traius, |
that rested upon the sky in their full contour
6O7 A. M.-stiii another of magni6cence from
Leo, in the directions OF northeast to horizon;
1t was Of twice the brightness OF Sirius. and
shot in its luminous path by the star Arcturus,
leaving a trail, startling in It's amber hue,
sixty-five seconds duration across the drma-
sos A. M.-Twelve hundred! 1t is cloudy
in the zenith, clear in the east. Jupiter
and her satellites have longed veiled their
glories from the eye, the moon still shines with
splendor affecting the spectral iustre of the
stars; Arcturus sheds her sweet influence in the
east. while Leo is troopngup higherand higher
In the zenith. Many meters are now passing
through Ursa Msjoris in their erraJtc flights.
A broad belt of blue sky, strangely beautiful,
extends from Leo to the horizon.
5'l7 A. M.-AnOther large meteor, brighter
than Sirius, disappearing In the eastern hOri-
zon with a trail very Brilliant, and of green
and orange, was observed.
500 A. M.-The scene has again shifted. The
clouds, like solemn columns, have trooped back
again and covered the sky.
6'22 A. M.-Twelve hundred and forty. seven,
and clearing
5'ss A. M-DayIight appearing, and clear from
And as night changed in day and the work
night dissolved into the Rories of the d avn:
but the meteors still shot rocket-like. At 5'4I
one magnifcently luminous, from Leo, shot
and purple train sixty. seven seconds after APP
pearaDce. The blue sky now turned more softly
gray, the great watch stars shut up their holy
eyes the east began to kindle. Faint streaks OF
celestial concave was filled with the rehOwing
tides of the morning light, and as the gates of
morning were about opening, still other bright.
meteors shot across the sky, bright, brilliant IN
glories too severe for the gaze of man, began
his course, thirteen hundred and one had been
chronicled, fifty OF greater brightness than
stars of the second magnitude. The mind was
"bewildered and lost in the effort to follow
them"