, 1881-09-11


showers or Sparks which fell beneath hammers
being transformed rom fiery to Il silver spray.
afternoon thnn it w,ls during The forenoon. As
latc As eiock u was possioc I9r person ~.
thug near window to see to reA4 or write Will
oMt tne Ala o1 areclal lents ont Mttef tnat nnur
.1 ..!v l,4',out uecpo!icu Aaplut:. ~ 80 htIN
st! u.c Dtn.eu IL; apucarM.cE ' a.ta tnJ siuo1ia ~
"ns tuat " tG t".iisn luo itott1 m!!!uu"s "
nt.t' ;.. ". I in @ ot.v 80 W. ,,t.! .,; M
10 a. nsia, ilu ;net" ~ :" ~ 's.o s'aEie Msuat a.
H. H. y. 'no - Ut. ~ ~ nns ul.ecei.'i;
= uetu W. tGitc y; a tne c set1S' nliu
IL ~ nu. ~ uc "ulescu ~ - so.ie "Gur @ .a!.'us
a'loweu themselves 70 oe tormentea " IeAfs ~
NJ MuAt .!lc cAttAoluHaat3 ctG'tt na.knt FtGsast;;
lne c!inn4 WIS Tcacnca Ut noout 3" CLOCK. anu
t.tSa . tnn. % .!sut oc.a GtuuaE ~ re.9 ~
tnu1tu petlcet Wy 1'EEt "4ts 'Ut lcsloreu; ~
~. S'oGh euo Fus snto ha,a e.sapleaeci trusa
tno SLY, ana me !sot, such as IL vas seemea
li!oIc nutui tnai1 Ill any t1l!le uu1H TUG ds!s.
:ioltus hau "isatf'carGo' any TUG altuospuere
naa resumed us nort'ai coh"itlon'
dispatches received during last evening show
that practically tho whnlu Of New England cS-
pericnccd tho same Eistt9t1on. 1t Is reported
from Block Island. Cane Cod, and Hartford. to
the south and west, and from ucarly all parts Of
Il great MANY instances suspended and schools
were dismissed because OF the lack Of illuninat-
ing fAcilities. Among the 'gnoraut there was
considerable fear OF terrestrial catastrophe,
while others furcsaw Il t0rnnttu. \ Hanover. u.
H., dispa;th Snys: Pruf. G. +. Emerson, Pro-
tcssor of Natural Philosophy nno Astronomy Ut
Dartmouth College, says 1t must bo something i'll
tho atmosphere which ahs0rbs the shorter and
longer wave lengths: lcArlng only those which
E'vc the color oil yellow and green. ic thinks
trees, together with smoke from tho forest trG5
III CanadM."
Or course there was much curiosity and there
were many i,u,uirie3 az TO the cu,,se or the
strange pticuou,cuon, Frcuucntly the lcclara-
tlOn WIS hca,l TINT tho ;kU OF it had never been
sccn hire before In generations hut these dec
lara;Ions were ony partially true The peculiar
apncur,lnce Of the atmosphere as it was seen
,Ii1riux The forenoon was no,fcc4l ntout II YEAR
a..o to a slight extent, and Scrrt Il, ~ Pursscll.
Who has had charge of the Unitc1 Stutcs siruai
office hare duriny more than I,vu yeur; mist
sayc thu it .lisappcarcG in Il heavy shower OF
r.,in II mny nis., hr stntrl and fhis fnct hns
hrru mcntio io,cd to the writer by sryrIal ncr-
sons. that II ycliowish light is frequently to hc
perceived in tho atmosphere after heavy even
in, showers ia the summer.
various opinions arc advanced. Il majority being
Of the opinion thnt it is the smoke from forest
fires. Some people have been heard to advance
the Upiuion that the earth hns become ciltai1g[cd
in tho comets TAIL but this opinion is probably
only bit of Righteousness. ScrEt, Iursscll CA
pressed tho opinion that it is smoke resulting
from forest tires, and he finds Il bass for this
opinion III tho fact that there uaS been a severe
dro,sth in the West this summer. He aEso thinks
something to do with tic nni,tQr.
Out At the Harvard observatory, while dis
claiming any professional knowledge Of the
origIn Of tho phenomenon, th: astronomers are
They think that smoke may have been carried
up and caught by the upper current OF tho mir,
and that the darkness was intensified hy the ex-
ccssivc moisture Of the lower atmosphere
\ .gentle!nnn residing 10 Metrosc mentions nsa
cnr,ouS % coins'dsnes ine 1Mcl that ~ sne evening
OF the day on which PRESIDENT fairfield was shut
he, with many others. noticed a peculiar appear.
ancc III the Sky IL took the form ot pro:ld and
solid band or light. extending across the zenith
IL direction from southeast to northwest The
phenomenon wis commented on by numbers OF
those who witncssedi@, and the fact Of It's occur
ring so near tu tho time when The President re-
cclved his wound made a;ieep.ltnpress1on upon
them. 1t was brought fresh to the memory of
some Of the number by the strange phenomenon
Of yesterday marking, us the latter did, rhc day
oil President GArficlds removal from Washing
ton TO Lang Brunch.
In connection with this story Of q most re-
murkHblu day, it is proper That some further
should :bc made OF the Dlack Friduv
Of ITO The winter Of 1.19-'SO was a rcularky-
BILE season. aurural displays being frequent.
large spots appearing lluon the tucc Of tbe sun.
the wrather taking All unusual severity. ana
SHOW four feet deep rcna1ltn: OH tho ground
from the middle OF November to the middle Of
tho following April. Long Island Sound was SO
firmly brdgeu by Ice that heavy artillery.
crossed upon it, people skAtcd from Providence
to Newport, and lontls Of wood were carried