Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1869-10-21
a Wonderful Phsnonensa.

On ths liut day Il September. 1859. two
astronomers, one st Oxford, the Other at
London, :Weso at tho same time Watching
the spots % tho disc Of the sun; and both
at the same moment saw certain strange
Lbrightpa6ehee Of hRhthgook outinslront
Of th1.c1uster. 81 were they that
The Observers ct 11ss thought that the
darkelng Screens ga cAeds 20 their .tele-
scopes must have - LptqsstTs. But
this ~ found mol The
brigh1 spotGindiol eee6ls1N was
4oing - spon the idn tdfikoe process
90 raraa th6t In I've minutes theae1l had
Travelled over spec q nearly thru -four
At ne ver1 sans ihis ~ - liking
place. nSenstis GIsvspt elttane-
| ouslys-so 'subseqdent obser7ations .paoved
I-throuRh both hemispheHes Of eur globe.
At Washington and PHILADELPHIA the signal
men In the telegra - lseiv6d sharp
electric shocks; 6a nod in
Bain's System Of A,s6AqAy1as-t followed
Fby fame; and In Norway telegraphi9 ma
chimney ~ Get on fire. 4osealand austral
taurorae were seeng tkaa niaht With 1nnsual
splen1 81. Tho dtuibod ADodle VIC Ated,
waving their oolor6d 'st1eauiSrs nj heav-
ems, lnsomuch that Il uAos evident thAt the
! disturbance On The III q ilallcSla& In
simultaneously oon1Mu1ioate65to IN earth
magnetic thrills which vib1sasd lon pole
= No j. III. all. Their. is . strange con-
nection oftentimss between tho action of
!. these magneie forces and tho phenomena
d Earthquakes and volcanoes. Indeed. it
has bssn recently a1ga ffat he cause Of
ranean Arss of our GIoh6 AxpandtnQ:yapor
and giving them ( destructive agency but
in The eieetrioitys ooulGinrnuliosfed q our
globe by the sun. Bat h thip aa5t may,
Il is > startling fact thAs there IL force
manifssting itself On H. faSs Of thssnn sim.
ply q a:brilliant HIGHT flashing OVER its sur
face.s that can through anintervsl Of nine
lty-1tS millions 6esmlles, Internationally
operate on our o1gth, blass aloug our tele-
graphic wires, give slsctrio shocks to the
isignal mon stationed By them; 6Ash north
ern lights through the heavens; thrill the
very globe from polo 10 pole with magnetic
influence; disturb the reposs of nature,
and perhaps rock the solid earth as If its
&C. WN0e, 81 sdnas places, at least, sweeS a
mere seals On boiling ssa of fire. -
There = Qomethin9 al.ost overpovering
| in D. hct llke this. Hsrsis force to which
| no other Of which We have any knowledge
can be compared: We speak with amaze
| AAo0t u wv Dp00O VI 03usy ek1V0AAA8 e0Ou.
sands Of miles IN . dngle second. And
yet there arc srhaps worlds. oras the poet
I sys.ss1s, Il who's birth 5sass
| No Hdings Jet have reached this neither world,
from which light, that started from them
thousands of years ago, has not yet pene-
trated to this earth, 80 that it might seem
asiif, the vesy vastneas Of the universe left
Eig parts disoonnected-so disconnected
that even message sent with the speed of
light failed to reach them till thousands OF
years had transpired.
But here is.an agent; . mysterious force,
that annihilates distance, a. light cannot
deAts ~ sfavitaaion, perhaps cannot do. IL;
originating, We know not how. but when
showing itself on tho sun. travelling almost
Il in IN ineta1t through tho bounds of the
solar syee@h, tslegraphing 80 It were to the
extremities OF creation without any instru-
mentality Of wires or connections, tho will
Of the great maker, reaching. and s6ecting
The A6fes Of oil living things. breathing up
the reposs Of Nature, and calling forth At
once The most magnificent displays. Of
Northern light and volcanic force till ~
keqli4gaabe Ipels and fpokA q iteneisele i
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