The Weekly Arizonian., 1869-10-09
WOnderroiPheno N non.
Cheyenne Ger. Omaha Herald.1


 Your raper having recently taken quite m lnterert in all that pertains to the grow th oftbe agricultural and mineral resources of Wyoming u not, l presume, refuse a little space to the feeble descsip lon oE & meteorological rheno- menou that IS now tram 2irn each evening in the skies above the Rocky NJ fountains in that romantic territory
 Since the recent solar eclipse, they have, upon the summit ofthe Rocky Mountain chain, what the inhabitants call "Second twilight" so brilliant with colors of mist shade and fire lights as to pain the eye in the steady gaze upon them, and 10 leave an impression on the miQd that T never be oLlitera.ed.
 Just as the sun is about 10 ses, heavy mist gathers on the mountain, and growing dense and denser, 1t shuts out enl cely the last expir- ing rays of that luminous body; then all is. darkness, or nearly so, for so me th,lty minutev. Then, all at once, the heavens become lit up from the horlzon all around, far up to a small circle in the center, with jiyid glare of
 
 thongh a atremend ous bonfire was abaze below. throwing its glare in clear and steady fame above. This gorgeous aud featfuily beautiful scene lasts for nearly an hour, then steals qu. etIy away and the poon therefore dimmed by it's fiery luster reTains it's ascendency and lights up the balance of tbe night in pate shadows as It is wont to do in every other dime.
 Now, what causes these chromatc twghts2 They were never before wtnez-ed by any ofthe oldest mountaineers I was in hat section a5 this season last year, and I have never sesn so. grand and so thrilling twi ghts, a nd these have only occurred snce the great solar eclipse of the 7th instant. What does 1t mean? What does it por,end ! HuS does it originate?
 Old Sharsay, the Iearpal Ute che stands in, silence each night gazing at this wonderful phenomenon, and when asked what he thinks about it. replies slowly and ely; Ugh the Great Spirit Is mad He blows fire lis " swam is in trouble White man and red man better feel afraid, for the Great Spirit is mad-he is heap angrJ!"
 French Pete, the old trapper and miner, says: "It is now twenty-three years since I Stw the States, have been about eleven years n these mountains, and never seen such frey nights. The winds are damper; they blow milder and the air grows heavier; don't know how to accoant for it. It has all happened since the eclipse of the sun. Something dreadful is going to happen. There will be big fire some of these days tkat all the water fthe world will never drown out and those days are coming rapidly.'
 If it be true, as one of the professors of the Cincinnati observatory says, that immense vo- fumes of hydrogen gas were thrown out from the center solar eclipse, how long will it be before the oxygen will be thrown out, and the carbon become the ruling and destroying ele- ment?
 I give these particulars by request and there are numbers of people in this city who, on last Sabbath and Monday nights, witnessed, with me, this wonderful phenomenon on the summit of the Rocky Mountains, s ,262 feet above the evel, of the sea. The Cheyenne and Laramie papers will endorse this description.