The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-11-20
TUE NErEcRIC SNOW En-.
THAT which tbs People inNsousiy
,,cos ed fer Last Night.

Lacks ed fer Last Night.
rFroun Fridays DaiIy.l
7, uss confidently hoped last night that
,,,s ,,satber clerk would raise the inky drop
c,,-t,fna and give an uninterrupted View OF
the dark blue above In which the per.orIn-
ance was advertised to be given In whlch
cotorie OF heavenly stars were TO participate.
The public mind had been wrought up 10
very great extent over the event, ana IL was
eagerly looked for. Many people IN the city
sat M until late to "see the show but time
draps heavily upon those who are not sccds.
TONED 20 turning night into d :, and the
mYf 1rity reposed In peaceful sumner when
the time for the grand opening OF the display
of celest al pyrotechnics had arrived.
sor.-e thing concerning the character of
tn. remarkable occurrences would not he
uninterestipg. In common language, the
term meteoris applied to those bodies which,
BIS globes of fire or as shooting stars, are oc-
casionalIy seen dartiug through the heavens
al unknown distances lr,m the earl II and in
undetermined paths. Someti mes explode g
and p-oiecting upon the earth fragments OF
stone called meteorIc iron, they are. proved TO
be solid bodies in state OF intense heat, and
are then know as aerolites or msteorlites.
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PLAYS, shooting stars and showers OF serolites
They date from several cen turies. before the
Christian era TO our own time. There are
also many records OF fire balls, some OF
bri!lisncy compared with the sun. They
NV occur in any month or part 81 the year.
some OF the most remarkable metsOTlc
show.rs have occurred ht the dates here
gwen: octoner go October 10, 1902; Ocio.
tier IL lsG6, each time the stars are SAID Ia
a. IN
Iocusis, and IN numbers which no one could
count.
ypTnber 1918, ISIS, and November ~ Is, ls22;
and fne periuInznc- gas repeated with the
some stsr- actors. ON The same nights in 1881,
1852 and 1888 Toe last year IL m einorabie iof
tine most mag u ficsut display Oh record.
-,unilaT dis plays continued on Novemb@r
u - up Ia 1910. sud again In 1871 anu 1916.
ana again in lot6 and every following year
untiI 1872.
I'm sse rne;eors appear at no particular seas
on generally, though from the record ABOVE
given IL woaiu seem That they generally ap-
pear in the fall of the year. sometime IN. Sc
Ilra balls leave behind n luminous Train Tor
,eversI moments, an they send iortn NiVld
scintiliaiiou> and present various Dflsht
cOlOTs, presenting n sub line spectacle. some.
fines again, these bodies remain STATIONARY
for a considerable time, emitting streams
of Hight.
tn.erner with the smaller shooting stars,
wIEcn fell ike suovfiaEes and produced
Ut>phoresceut lines along their course.
ihyr- were inierrnIngled large fire balls,
which shot forth at Inier vais. describing In
Il few second, au arc OF 81 OF 81.
The scene on these occ4 siOns 10 superstt-
lions mind must have inds ed been startling.
To the ordinary observer IL tells only OF the
marvellous workings OF nature, wnlcn only
.!.clrs wonder and az iniritton without the
reason therefor appearing; but TO the scieh-
tifir nind while having the same inspiring
afI IT as To liz sublimity, Is tells story OF 4
Ist;lra. phenomenon IN full accord win Inc
m ,ryeIIous workings Of the universe
IL L. To he sincerely regretted That the
clouds last night preve nted view of the sub.
lime spectacle which must have been taking
place upon the heavenly stage.