The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-12-13

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THURSDAY. DECEMBER Is, 1888;
STRANGE SIGHTS IN THE SR
New York Sua Within the last tw
weeks the strange red glow in the sk
after sunset and before sunrise which a
tFacied go much attention here last wee
has been Witnessed across the Who'll
North American continent, from Cali
iorniA 10 Maine. The phenomenon seem
10 have been first seen on the Pacifi
coast on the evening of Nov. 20, and Il
San Francisco, Just as in New York,
week LATER, people believed that the lieh
was due to u great confiagraiion. tits
curious fact that while the dates Of III
appearance Of this phenomenon a. diff
faFent places in the United States ar
snch as to suggest that It advanced from
west to east across the continent, it wa
seen In England rs early As Nov. o. Tn
various descriptions given leave NJ
doubt that the strange Examinations be
held IN England were Of the same ma
ture ~ those Witnessed here. Besides
although the most conspicuous features
OF the display here was the rec
color Of the heavens, yet othel
peculiar optical effects were perceived
which suggest a close resemblance il
many respects betwee. this phenomenon
and the green sun and as accompanying
appearances, seen in India and South
America in September. The explAna
lion offered Of the strange color of the
sky In India, namely, that it was caused
BY vapors emitted by the JaYan volca.
noes IN their great eruption At the end
III August, seemed reasonable enough
but there were great difficulties in the
way Of the acceptance Of the same ex.
PLANTATION of the South American phe-
aomenon, one OF the chief Of which was
The fact that the sun appeared green in
South America before il did In India.
Nevertheless, the phenomena in the two
countries were so similar that IL was
hatural TO ascribc them % q similar ORR
gin, and evidences Of a volcanic out
burst In South America like that in
lava were sought for. But IL now ap-
pears that no such disturbance has Oc-
cured IN South America.
The likeness between the recent sun
let and sunrise phenomena here and the
Appearances in South America and India
ust described also suggests common,
n At least similar cause. The sugges-
lon that this cause may be the pres
bnce Of meteoric dust in the atmosphere
beems 70 at all the circumstances better
han any explanation yet offered, al.
hough IL, too, encounters difficulties.
The earth has within the last three
weeks crossed the tracks Of two meteor
dreams, and the number Of brilliant
neteors seen recently has been such as
% attract special attention from observ.
brs of the henvens. These meteors have
learly all left long trails in their flight
md the latest investigationsf show that
hesc meteor trails are only Incandescent
lust or vapor, like that lseo which the
netcors themselYes are entirely convert
,dnnless, as occasionally happens, they
,tFike the earth before beng completely
consumed On Thursday might a very
emarkable meteor OF this kind was
cen In this city, and the observation by
Prof. Brooks on Wednesday evening oil
wonderful shower oftelescopic meteOrs
Adds 10 the mass of evidence that the
Earth has just been passing through q
egion rich IN these cosmic particles
which, falling under its attraction, have
plunged into the atmosphere in great
numbers.
The suggestion has also been offered
hat the supposed meteoric matter may
DO the debris of the famous comet OF
5lela, which many years ago split in
wo and afterward disappeared. leaving
no trace of itself except q brilliant swarm
Di meteors, which came dashing out OIL
he northern sky on the track OF the los
comet in 1872. The earth crossed the
orblt of this comet, which Is believed Il
hAYe been converted into q mass OF me
eors, on last Tuesday, the very day OF
which the most brilliant sunset specta
lie was beheld here. At first sight thi
coincidence in time seems TO lend stroDl
support to the suggestion that the re
mains OF Beila's comet furnished tn
meteOric matter from which the sum
rays were reflected in the higher region
lf the atmosphere. But the apparen
confirmation disappears when i
q recollected that in Californu
he same appearance was pre-
,ented week, and in England more thai
NO weeks, before the earth reached tn
;omet's path. Moreover, the meteor
cen by Prof. Brooks, and those which
or several weeks have attracted atten
Jon both in this country and il
Europe, did not belong to the Bel
Iwarm, which always approaches from
particular point in the northern heav
ms. II appears, then, that If an unus
pal quantity of meteoric dust has recent
y entered our atmosphere from cute
pace, IL has come, not from any one o
he several swarms of meteors whIcl
make their appearance at regular inter
rails, but from meteors which the eartl
loes not regularly encounter, or perhap
rom cloud Of mere cosmic dust.
Soon after the comet Of 1919 was dc
ected returning sunward last September
exhibited q wonderful outburst o
light, accompanied by an equally sur
,rising and sudden increase Of size. La
or II faded again, and since then II ha
iehaved In a normal manner, and is nov
ust visible to the naked eye approach
ng the sun. The appearances it pre-
ented in September suggested that
lad had a collision with some othe
Dody, producing a sudden flare of ligh
md expansion of volume, owing to tn
,eat developed. In view of the evidenc
hat the region of space through whicl
he earth is now advancing abound
in meteoric masses, 1t is a curiou
question whether, If the comet had
collision, 1t did not run into a swarm c
neteors.
The Cincinnati Commercial Gazett
feproduces from its old files the follow
ng extract from a speech made by NJ
John g. Carlisle when a candidate fC
congress- in 1876. The speech was d,
iyerod at Cynthiana, KY, October 2
lS70. and was reported rerbGtfm. NJ
Carlisle said:
deny thatthe United States is n
licn. II is vicious system that hi
destroyed sovereign states and oppresse
nlne millions OF people In the south.
state has no right of secession, 81
certainly has the right Of revolution
The Republican party wants anothl
amendment TO tho constitution. WI
DO they want ne Is itnot that the go
eminent shall take the school fund In
Its own hands, and appoint q commi
aloner who shall select the teachers ar