Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-11-21
The Electrical storm.

10 INC E0ltOf Oh tne Evening STAR.
In your brief editorial Of Saturday last you al
luded to the theory OF Prot. Ennis. OF Pennsyf-
vania Given In THE STAR about year ago,) as
having been upset by the performance OF the late
electrical storm II that storm "was an aurora oc-
curing In the daytime"
Permit me to differ with you, and to affirm that
1t was rather q strong confirmation OF the profess
sor's theory. 1t Is true you remarked, that his
in a direction away from the sun; but he never as
serted that electrical disturbances and changes
were necessarily In that direction only.
On the contrary, he positively asserted that the
action was produced during the dap, and rose up
or gathered IN force In the atmosphere and passed
or In direction opposite to the sun at night in
the form OF aurOral streamers, precisely as we see
the coma or envelope Of the comet rise up in front
OF It. and then, passing to the rear shoot on into
space In the form OF tail. The intense action OF
the sun In summer may produce an immense
amount OF electricity during the day which may
pass on by the method OF thunder storms in the
late afternoons or by auroras in the evening. So
he claimed that electric disturbances on the suns
surface might produce corresponding disturb
ances on our earth, but that The results OF these
mundane disturbances are more appreciate and
observable at night because then they show them
selves in the form OF auroras passing of to the
OF our earth, or, more strictly speaking, flying
directly away from the sun, and making of the
earth for the time las you remarked)"a sort Of
bOb-tailed comet"
I see nothing relative to the late electric storm
which can in the least contradict the theory OF
Prof. Ennis. The displays OF aurora all over the
In northern Europe,1 where the skies were clear
were unusually grand and wonderful, as the tele-
grams from various places announced at the time,
thus showing that the unusually great
of the day were being distributed In the usual way
passing to the rear as brilliant aurora streamers
Again, 1t was found that the earth currents OF
electricity, or those nearest the earth were more
strongly affected during the day than in the
tnHs e na
ming came on. How did 1t pass away? Let the
brilliant evening aurora answer!
E j. BOOKINGS
RIVER TRADE.-Harbor Master Sutton reports ar
az 5he as
schooner j. j. Little, Gaudy, 262 tons coaE Stephen
son Bros; schooner VIM. Hackett. Collery, 1875
tons coal, city dealers; schooner Electa Bailey,
Smith, 414 tons COAL city dealers; schooner W. II.
Maxwell, Tayman, 1863 tons coal. johnson Bros. !;
barge John scovllle, Maloney, POI tons coal; Geo
coal, same; barge Pierce McUlker, s4O tons coal,
city dealers; barge Annie McUlker, $50 tons coal,
s. Boat Co; barge John K. Shaw, Manning, 112
tons coal, s. Emery; barge N. c. Read, Blank, 40
tons coal. John Miller; Schooner Mary Ann snea,
line Mothershead, IS cords wood, H. 1. Biscoe;
schooner Howard and Ogden. Reed cord wood for
Stephenson as g Bros; schooner Mary Ella, Olden,
Moore, cord wood for H. L. Biscoe: schooner Ocean
Queen, Bundick, 900 bushels sweet potatoes city
ten, James Wagner, VIM E. Ward, j. c. Van
name, j. A. Sommers and John A. James, all with
oysters 5000 bushels, all for Market schr Sarah
8. Hurburt, Evan, 294 tons coal, johnson Bros. ;
schr. Tiddy Babcock. Dore, 400 tons coal, city
dealers; schr. Flying Scud, Meekins 176 tons coal,
Clark Given; schr A. E. smyth. Tyler, LAT tons
man. 406 tons coal, johnson Bros: schr. Thomas
B. Taylor, Kllman, 40 tons coal, P. Pollard: schr
Ida b. McCabe, Wilson, ITS tons coal, johnson
Bros; schr: Adelia T. Conn., Frambes, 11s 600 feet
lumber, E. E. Jackson & Co.: steamer Enterprise,
Davis, cord wood, market: schr. Wicomico. Grey
son, cord wood, II. L. Biscoe; schr. Greyhound,
Blank, cord wood, II. L. BiScOe: SloOp Maggie
Woodland and schrs. John Francis, Margaret Ella
Bounce, Pungy, John w. Gray; schr. Brewster;
Bob Sutton and Virginia, all with oysters for mar,
ket, 1850 bushels
made In tol1o oa,tl, ioorao