New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-31
THE LECTURE.

ouestin that has been prOpOunded TO me by any-"'
least Judge be by the hsndwrtngas TO the IN
habants Of the planets. I rather disposed TO say
that she knows just much about 1t a. do The only
planets tnat could be inhabited possibly by human
bengs-and conditions would need to be moolheo
cool deal before life could be maze ooin
Portable on these planets eyen-wonld ne oui
near neighbors, Venus and Mars. dont KNOW
but hum IN beings could live upon the planet venus IL
would be perpetual summer there and as hot as the
hottest summer climate Aud is possible that the Is
IN aux or peo OF that kind GOULD exist on the planet
Mars: but could not As to the lnhaolaol'N VI
other planets all eau say Is this; tnath 'ney are ~
habite1 inhabitants are doubtless a"apteo 70 no
circumstances. know OF no reason why shouiu De
eve one way or other II God sees Mt to create DO
nra who can live upon these planets OF course He can
do So and make 1t comfortable for item pre-
cisely as we are ortsbe upon the Eirta Tha' Is
all know about It, and have no liked ldes Id resaru
70 the matter. any way.
Nova to tae mste ors and comets think may say
that will take my text tnis tie piece o. stone whcn
hold In Iny hand and winch the tsual observat on
has notang peculiar about It, 1t only little grayiSh
piece Of with dark crust upon one sde but when
Ite you that II is piece Of one o. those booes "nlch
drop from the sky TO tne earth-a part OF abo'ner
world in short that has come to us from the planetary
abyss-I think will have for us all new ana peculiar
interest The stone Of which tnsis fell ia 1897
at the village Parnaee In Southern India Ihe Rev
H. s. Taylor o missionary OF the A nerlcan Board VINO
was stationed at that place. visited the spot saort
time after the fall OF tao two stones which fell ut tue
time he obtained aud sent Il TO the Western Reserve
College. This body, which was so newnat larger tnan
mans head was broken up for distribution TO different
cabinets some being reserved for onr college caDnet
there other pieces being sent to the British Mn-
scum MI Taylor gives the Following account OF l's i'
ana it 80 good account OF what usually happens
under such oircul0sta that viii read II to yOH:
Two meteoro stones fell on the 28tl Of February from
O clear sky ABOUT the vii age OF Pdrnai,ee
where some OF our Cnristsn people I'VE Inc s" one
is three four times "a nedV Inc 'aI cI
two o three miles souta Of the first one Tue arg f.
falling ino tenacious AID hard earth. sank INTO Tue
,SnaE"r '' an angie with the vertical OF
about Is degrees. The smaller one fell
eight inches Az there mad eecn no ram since t.e.
fell was able on going there three Days ago t,e
10 see just the impression they LETT wneh taken taken
as to the stones having really fall N there
Some cnlllren were picking cotton wtan ew TouS al
the pace wheH the second struck clouo OF oust was
raised in each case, for the groun1 was my , anu
the neig nUoring villages The noise when they mace
terrific to ell in he vicinity and was netu Ts
tincy for distance of from hfeen twenty mics lne
people generally That IL lasted iOr twenty muu'eS
THIS last statement win remark III lssing Is very
fair example Of the exaggerated estimate OF TIME "nch
people make under excitement Tney 1--we great WINE
in very short time under ain circumstances IL Is
mot at all Die that noise could have las ed TWO
minutes ard It possible that ii could have lasted
Eve.
MI Taylor adds that the larger stone was worshpped
by the natives as image of their dey sent down from
heaven and this the fret time that tde happening
of similar events been interpreted in like
manner The image OF Diana of Ephesus
was said 20 have fallen from heaven and the image OF
Palas and tho Kaaba Black Stone OF Mecca were at
tributed to a similar The latter was probably
specimen OF this kind OF bodies
HtruIvf1 af md Iron AhO
fall out OF the sky that IL quite parOnabie for scen
tifc men, up TO the beginning Of the century, to doubt
the fact Nobody did believe IL ut all In 1ScO-n0b'dy
OF any scientific reputation AZ esstahougn tnere were
numerous and Northumberland instances OF suen
thngs but the accounts OF the events were all so cNag
gerated and overloaded with all kinds OF mistaken
and misap rehsnsiOns that 1t is NOS surprising
that ey were received with confidence But Ia 1903
an event occurred which put an end to all scepiclsm
On the 26th of April Of that year, at about ha1
past the afternoon shower OF stones fell WITHIN
eightyfye miles OF Paris in Normandy There were
about 1000 Of them, weighing from l. pounds to
ounces filing space some miles long and mile
and half wide The French Academy appointed
committee investigate the matter, under the chair
rnapshiP of ri. Blot and they looked into the tbibg
thoroughly They got possession Of great many sprci-
,nens They talked with people who actually burned
their hands and mad fingers from having burned
their hands in picking up whent hey were hot,
and they marks on the buildings
and trees whern they had fallen That very same year.
chi,n,sy Az York.ire England Thst is preserved
in cabinet has been anal zed and und 70 DC very
year stone, weighing about three pounds broke
throgs the roai OF barn N bSSr s eeE VIVA soat was
differences In to United states there nave been quite
nOciicat. on December a. 1907. most re.
inarkable fall occurred. The meteor came
ofeignty or hinety miles before the pieces struck me
earth. There abou 90 pounds weighi IN ai and
s Yas Gc SY se cal eaonet IN sl5 stone fell in South
Csrolius wca wss much IKE chalk stesa OF Soq
Carolina in slsty its structure In 1860 ere
w ,cae snSTfI Ike sS1
pounds. y now in TIC A9 ,ia College
cabinet O, them Ionr or Ave hundred and again in
Iowa in 1870, something IKE thSns,nd pounds
BY the way. connection with that fan ! wac very
much struck with tne oe991 ~ an and o .as a n 90
rrr cor passed by. sne Bad tlougnt lasted h2iI
az hour. just held on aud wai'ed'
THE FALL or METEoRs.
Now ss to the circU OF the fan. III 1t Is at
night of bright ball which may appear
10 be- az large the moon, moving either rapidly or
slowly according to its distance from and tue drec
ton of the motion. II Il Is coming headon will seem
tomove slowly. nitisVery far of the notion will be
deliberate. It pretty near and moving one side then
the moti,n will be quite rapid This is generally accom-
panied BY train, which may continue visibe for twenty
or thirty minutes. remember seeing which lasted
over twenty minutes shining with pale greenish lights
ana il is very difficult thing TO account for that con-
<,puapce Of the light Then " the body is distance
Won VIII change ite course suddenly Passing along
In straight lne tnefc will be sudden outbreak, and
feu n viii and then there will De another
srttno wnlcn viii change its again. IL "a
yoosfnr away IL n Is within few miles OF YOU the mo-
ioi will accompanied ey roar Ike iIst OF railroad
train nssine near BY nj full speed aceeptated by ex
plo-ions accompanied by change OF path 40 they pro
resa OF course Ut any considerable usiance these
ssxnosions will not be heard simultaneously with the
visible explosion 1t IS frequently the case has We near
y,
win SAY that they saw explode and heard the explosion
simultaneously But IL you remember tat ~ lkes n'e
seconds sound travel mile, you WI see Ihat
tody miles would not De heard Tor s6Vera
lnin,cs sfter the explosion was seen xon wiz nave