Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-08-09
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80 alsse asriaI meteors, = winds,
tnadoss, etc; aqueous metoors, -
1s rain. snow, hail, etc; luminous
inetsOr4 or those duo to the action q
slsmsnts Ia the ali. IS rainbows, halos.
paxhelias mirages, etc; electrical me-
teors. - ightnings. nuvoras, etc; and
ignsous ncteors, rs shooting or falling
staxs. star-showcrs, bolides or fire-balls,
aexolites or meteoritcs, etc. In present
usage, says Prof. Newton, the term me
teor y generally limited to the last
group, d 70 the igneous msteors. Tho
metsoritcs are all evidently fragments.
not separate formations. They are, says
the Same authority, ia the heavens, to
some extent at least, grouped in streams
along the orbits Of known comets, and
hence have q common origin with them.
Tho continuity Of theae streams, the
double and multiple character Of hi las
and other comets, aud the steady dim
mutton Of comets in briilianny at sue
cessive returns, seems TO argue a con
tinuUls breaking up Of the comet into
fragments by some cause, probably by
the suns heat. This view is strength
ened BY tho fact that the meteoric irons
and stones bring with them carbonic
acid, which is known to form so pronli-
nent q part OF the comets tail. 1t is
now universally admitted that igneous
meteors are caused by small bodies which
have been travelling about tho sun in
their orbits, but now como into the
earth's atmosphere. aud, in general,
burn up. The stony meteorites have in
general the shape OF broken fragments
Of stone. The outside is usually covered
with a thin, black crust, which is evil
IDENTIFY due to melting Of the surface in
the atmosphere. There have been found
at various times and places loose iron
masses that are assumed to be of mete-
oric origin. because their peculiar form,
their peculiar composition, and their
peculiar crystalline structure are like
those Of the iron masses that have been
seen in several instances to come down
from meteors. Shooting stars are seen
on any clear, moonlight night they
leave behind, many OF them, bright
cloud Of phosphoresceut light; the me-
teors and their trains have various
colors-white. green, blue, yellow, scar
let, etc; the duration Of the flight is
generally less than o second OF time, but
the brighter ones may last several
seconds; the meteorites contain no ele-
ments, 80 far as we know, which have
not been found ON the earth, but these
elements are compounded differently
from terrestrial minerals sometimes
they reach the earth, and again are con-
sumed in their course.
A MACHINE THAT WOULDS,T SELL.
A Nevada man invented 1ying-ma-
chino mud went round trying to sell EN-.
The machine was warranted to trot out
q first-ciass lie on any subject at mo-
ment's notice. Eut it didn't sell wsll.
He took it to a horse-trnder. Said tho
trader: /" Come, yen, get out of this, I
tell the irutl, in my business. The in
yentor presented it to lawyer, and he
also looked hoYror-strickena and offended.
4 fishing party looked hankeringly att
but their language was to the effect that
they ahhorred nn;rnth. A young man,
who was engaged to three different girls,
also felt indignant at The offer. At last
the disheartcned inventor tfiedan editor.
The writer flew mad in minute. '.You
scoundrel, he cried, "do you mean to
insult me ?" mo-" tremblingiy an
swared the poor man. "Tben What the
blazes do you mean by Offering me that
thing +" "Why, I--I--thought you
might occasionally want to use it in
your business" "You wretch, what do
you take me for 2" "Oh, sir, didn't
mean to insinuate that you were liar
Idon't for minute think. sir, you could
tell a lie /" "That it /" cried the cd.
itor,. that's what I'm mad about |! Yon
conceited ass, you think you're able to
invent machine that I can't lie al!
around, and that without an effort.
never was 80 insulted in my life Get
! u Editors are not hypocrites, any
way. --Boston Post.
A LADY once asked Thomas CARLYLE il