Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-10-12
Falling Stars

The falling stars of August have re-
Gently been the subject of a careful in
vestigation and observation by the
members of the French Scientific Asso-
citation. Mons. Leverrier, President of
the Association, established twenty-five
temporary observatories, with staff of
competent observers, properly trained
and supplied with special maps and
chronometers. Between the different
stations telegraphic signals were ex-
changed for the observations. Regular
watch was kept by more than two hun
dred observers during the three critical
nights, between the ninth and the
twelfth of August. At some of the
stations the view of the sky was clear,
but by far the greater number of OBJ
servers were interfered with by cloudy
or stormy weather.
At Bordeaux 1862 falling stars were
seen, at Chartres $50, at La Guerche
at LIE Mans 200, at Lemogos 217, and
the paths of these falling stars were
registered on the map. At Montpelier
973 falling stars were observed, at Poi
tiers $50, at Sainte Honorine 3O6, at
Toulouse 1876, at Saint Lo 61S, at Tour
nay 910, at Belleyille, near Paris, us, at
".
observations at the latter place, how
ever, were greatly disturbed by heavy
storm, which ragged in Piedmont. At
GEMS there were 1896 falling stars
seen, at Agde 30l, at Laressore, in the
Pyrenees, 250, and at Nice 200. At the
twenty-five observatories there were
over ten thousand falling stars in all
observed, most of them being small and
inferior in magnitude to "Capella."
They were mostly seen coming from the
constellation "Perseus." On August
10th, at eleven o'clock at night, how
ever, meteor of twice the brilliancy of
Venus, and with strong white light
like an electric spark, was seen at An
gers, and lasted for one-sixth of a
second. On August 11th, at half-past
one in the morning, meteor was seen
at fremont, which burst with strong
red light. and left a luminous track
visible for 33 seconds. A remarkable
meteor of a blood-red color was OBJ
served at Marseilles on August 1st, and,
moving with variable rapidity and fre-
quent stoppages and changes of direc-
ton, was visible for Is minutes.
THIS anecdote of John Randolph is
related by a writer in Virginia paper
| IAN old man told me that he lived
near the residence of Miss -, to
whom it was said that Mr. Randolph
was engaged to be married. On one
occasion he had been at her residence
short time and had left; and as it was
said that the marriage would take place
shortly, he thought he would go and
inquire of the old lady. She said Mr.
Randolph had left in great haste, anc
told him to go and see where, in hi.
hurry, he had cut the reins of hi
bride instead of untying them.
appears that it was proposed that b,
should make a marriage settlement
whereupon he said: 1T is not my pur
pose to purchase. When l desire t.
| purchase l shall 60 to the cheapes
MARKET shall go TO Africa Will
this remark he left the house, went t,
where his horse was tied, cut the rein
and Immediately departed"
How TO GET RID OF STuMPs.-The fol
lowing is recommended Dy one who ha
tried it, as the speediest, safest an,
surest way to get rid of stumps of an
and all kinds:
, If you have many acres of clea
stumps get one barrel of black macl,in
oil; then take. an inch-and-a-quarte
auger and bore four holes in the larges
! stumps, letting the auger stand towar
you at an angle of fOrty-fve degree
+ Bore eight inches deep; then fill tn
} hole three fourths full of oil and plu
, up tight. Pour, also, one-third of
t pint on top, in the center of foot ci
! Gle, and let it spread well. When don
7 preparing, or say in five days, kindl
, your fires on top of the stumps.
TAKE TINE FOR MEALS hold r,
: marks a physician, that thirty mi,
!, utes should be spent at each meal, an
, spent, too, in chewing the. food a goo
portion OF the time, and not in contil
ued putting in and swallowing and
pleasant chat and laugh, instead of tt
J, continuance of the intense nervo,
= pressure of the Office or library. If yc
q lay QUITO spend thirty minutes in th
i. way at your meals, you may rest q
J. sured you will not eat too much, an
e what you DO eat will be in the best CO
T dition for appropriation to the needs
your system