Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-13
NOVEMBER METE9RS HERE.
twn1rrEN ron THE DISPATCH. ,

| tears of 81 Iawrance M.nv wars later
| IL was again observed thu f or, or about the
| 18th or l3 tn of Noyember shooting stars are
| commonly seen. When Humboldt. after
| witness sing the remarkable d;splay of 1893,
| invited special atteptio, to this circuu,-
| stance. ancient records were examined. and
| it was found that for several cen INJURIES this
| particular mart of the year hnd been char.
| acterized by star showers "Time out OF
mlhd. says Sir John Herschel, "those loen-
.loai ny n'S ino,e oi'eh, out SQUEEZING.
..n"'aI .nne.o,y "uJaoeht, nave oeen h~"i'""i'
ny suon eAnipitions
t...,t " annn. =. periooioi's su.noeS VI >
50. W u.ate '"e eAtfa,.oii ,,' .s', .e.- Ia-
aa.,.ne, Vi snose onJeots. Aceoruius " 10y
'"ehel 'ie"S, we must in'er tha' 'he IVY
n,", iesiohs y, circuiiso'f epAeo
"e 'ia'ehso oi' Ausus1 io aho ~ ~ ol'.-
oer Id are swarmlng with meteors. fet we
cannot for moment Imagine two clouds OF
meteors are persistently present in these
two regions Each meteor ia as snrelv acted
nnor n, Che So. ,,,i,rI,,,, I.t,,ane..s th;.
,, - 9' ~ =,
earsn oa wnion We iIFe' anu as suroiy % 1nis
eartn, II Drought TO rest In any way, would
be attracted toward the sun and fall upon
his gIobe In abont ell dave so every mem
har of a r,otoor o,nI, -.,ao.d u,hara tho
~. v. n.'ooi Iio"u pi"oeu Nnoio ono
August ana November meteors are encoun-
tered would, in about the Same time, fall
upon the sun and be DESTROYED 1t follows
that tho ,,atao,. ,n,e. ba Il, ,.o,,;d ,,,otion ON
wy i-s,, nusS oe ~ .t.
"oour'o Neepins 'he,h oiear Vi sile sun olu'
,ass 49,, '.so .n Wv ,p p.e aS VI su w, ,t,.
earth must be more or less continually sun
plied by arriving meteors. In other words
the Aupust and November meteors must
form a more or less complete zone or
ring.
"heh 10 LOOK LOT the meteors'
The degree OF completeness of either ring
must correspond to the regularity Of the oc-
currence of star-falls on the dates corre-
spending to either svstem IF it freouently
chances that the dIsnIon "a intarmit,od
eitbor for To- r. -
~ .noi ioi ie" years OF ior many years ia
succession, the inference Will be that greater
or less gaps mar the completeness of the
meteor zone; whereas, If one year passes
without Il display OF meteors belonging to a
system. we must infer as at least proba BILE
that the meteor system forms a complete
ring. Thus Judged the November system
appears to be very far from forming con-
tinuous zone; since the display is often
omitted for more than twenty years in suc-
cession and is seldom repea ted durinp more
than four or five successive years The
August system ON the CONTRARY seldom fails
to produce a disnlay of far yreater or less
splendor The meteOrs of ea CHI system seem
to come from a definite region of the
heavens, or ather from a definite po1nt of
the star sphere. The November meteors ap-
pear to come from a noint in the constella-
tion Leo: the X. A. of the point is about h.
80 m., its north declination about "a degrees.
ABrilliant Scene in Greenland,
The writers of the Middle Ages report
the occurrence of the stars falling from
heaven in resplendent showers among the
physical appearances of their time. The
first grand phenomenon OF a meteoric
shower which attracted attention in modern
times was witnessed by the Moravian mis-
sionaries in Greenland. This was observed
over q wide extent of territory. Humboldt.
then travelling in South America accom-.
prnied by NJ Boupland, thus speais of IL.
'.1oward the morning of November 10. 1899
we witnessed most extraordinary scene of
shooting meteors Thousands of falling
stars fell curing four hours. their direction
being very regular from north to south.
From the beginning of the phenomenon
there was not space in the ornament
equal in extent to three diameters of the
moon which was not filed every instant
with bodies Of falling stars"
In Canada IN the years 1914 and 1919. the
stellar showers were noticed, and in the au-
tumn of ISIS on the North Sea, when, in the
language of one of the Observers the sur
rounding atmosphere seemed enveloped in
one expansive ocean OF fire, exhibiting the
appearance OF another Moscow in flames. In
the former cases, a res1duum OF dust was
deposited upon the surface OF the waters, on
the roofs OF buildings. and on other objects,
The deposition OF particles of matter OF q
rudy color has often followed the descent
OF aerolites; the origin of the popular stories
OF the sky having rained blood
The Greatest DispIay on REGARD.
rr.,:,:..
line next e4hlbltlon upon grand scale
of the falling stars occurred November l3
1881, and was seen off the coasts of Spain
and IN thu Ohio country rbia u,os foI,o,r.d
by another in the ensuing year at exactly
the same timc. By far the most splendid
display on record occurred in November,
1857, ana was included within the limits OF
.ne i0nsiyuMe 1neo o., i o. IN .hs Atiantlc ocean
the North American iaras 70 tSe W. Wast tiJi IN
dies. over this wide area an appearapce
presented itself, far surprising in grandeur
the most imposing artlnciai fireworks and
49, Ia,ae ~ ptns Ea otnS h i1llihoslIie9 IN
hn',rs oFv W Ia -. s ~ noa roiS aoi asIai
time a1most sra tio1erv in The zanith oxartho
faiis of Ma ro an,ittina Stroanns ~ I;nh.
The villa dssh nf the wafers os nontrast.G
with ,he tarv nnroa1 ohoS,a the,. o1 fnU,r,eS u
scona of usiad sn%iin,ity ni ioi lheU
,e,on+ar ~ Sn,sth TnnaIi,'v ar
+,,a Tant ~ - .,n 0aroinna @ 'iius uescrloes
Ihe enec' oi tne scene upon the ignorant
uhrkies: Il was suauenly awakened by the
most uistresslne cries that ever 1eil on my
ears opened tne door, ana IL Is dlf1lcult to
say wnlcn excltea me the most-the awful.
ness OF the scene or the distressed cries OF
the negroes, Upward OF 10y lay PROSTATE on
Gne grouh9.almos' speechIess' ana some
WIN tne oiSIeresS cries, ou1 WIN thelr
@ nanus Iaiseu, ilhpioring uou 10 save the
J moiiu uio tnem. Ihe seems was trui! aw-
iui. lor never before dld rain 1all much
Gnicker tuah tHe meteors ieu toWaru tne
eartn; east, west, north, or soutn. u was the
saihe. lhlS eA.raoiuihary specCacie com,
menced a little before midnight and
reached Its height between 4 and O'Clock
in the morning.
The Next M.gnifcent sbove.