New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-14

f,u ~ tho nbotosphere and produce fresh ds-
turbances DOwn-rushcs OF cool uafIla IL
place all over the suns surface. ana, althouGn ,1
most violeut results are restricted to certain it
giors, minor disturbances are dlstrlouEu o''
the whole surface. .,.., eolor
phcnomena are limited to certain zones oil 'nc
SIMS surface and although they vary violently
they have n cyce or regular succession OF changes,
,rbinb tley onpear alters When there is the small
EST number of spots on the sun-that is, at IN
beginning of cyce-the spots appear IN higi ia.i %
tndc and the latitude decrease gradually hnt'l tnc
cvclo ;s ended Thus there ar, two perfectly dis,
tinct spotted areas one corresponding TO the ei.t
of tbe old period aud one to the beginning Oi the
new. . w sno,s and
ouroral DISPLAYS astronomers are not quite aoie 10
cyplain: but n senas OF opsSi & az J tIn3
taken through long period of years show danti .l'
the maXima of the aurOrae cOlhcIue almoS' i"0""
cally with those of the sun Spo's'
AN explain ALTON OF THE >URORN
Tho ourora ia exnained on one theory as an
olotr,.. DISCHARGE nc,ween the magnetic poles ol
tho cartb leaving the immediate vicinity OF 'he
north maonctic poc in the form OF clouds oi eicc-
,riGcd matter which floats southward through tn"
atmospborc ut a hciqht of forty miles or hio'c
fror, tho carth and sometimes TO distance W
more than 30 dc 1recs from the pole "hle III .nI
are TINS moving forward with cohparah'rtirhbt hni'ht
SLOW and oIeotrio,H 5'ra re from time 10 time sud
strains o. om ,. tnr thcm in nearly vertical
direction in magnetic curves corrcsp9TmI"ln4 cnrves
point, from which they orlglhLlr. n,d tLr Amos
ascending TO "A great height Deyohu w Iln.n
nbcrc and then bending southward am IHnr
ward ill they finally reach the nre
points in the southern maghruc ,aot,r;c,l
tbe nathways by which the eiec'rIcan Ican
'"ro,t ms to their destination. ror
eorcraI hundred miles thcse curIcSI
are thus traced through space and nluniihS'e'
with bright electric hght
ETRFMEv THOUGHT IT WA \ CoNtLN|h ,, ,iDN.
rho unusual display in the sky fooled tn" larger
nort of the Fire Department in this city soon
after , n. IN Chief Bonner, Deputy 'ni''
NcCabe several battalion chiefs and dozen com
ronics of fmnen had been called by three alarms
., 6,ht 4 fire at Broadway and Elghtechth-sl;
Thev we're hard at work when they noticed t !tu
lirht i'm the northwest, which; seen throu.n .t
smoke and steam. looked IKE ,ne 4iTF6S TSiof Ronncr
big fire not many blocks away Chiet DoIl',Tn ~,
called one of his men and sent HIM 10 i
boX with instructions to telegraph 70 ire it, -;
quarters in East SlNty-seventn-s o,, AZ" from The
ronI,. that there was no other fire In the Guy M"s
relief The fremcn all thought thaI lcir ,.no mn 4
great conaITation IN ll9I"Een tbankcJ T their stars
that il was not making such a SNOW as ds onT nortrnl
they thought must have got oe%Honu % '''' ''
Of the frcnen across tie North RIVER
TROUBLE WITH TELEGRAPH WIRES.
Tho aurora borcalis caused considerable trouble
|
..stord,v afternoon al points extending from New
V,rL - rs far west AS Chicago. At this time
of the year such atmospheric disturbances. ~ie
rr,nh mon say are rare but the electriclty III 'h
air Yesterday afternoon and evening caused ll,S, ~
! ,s much trouble a. the aurora poredis vi WV
''' The aurora borcalis acts the same on tclc,
graph wires as lightning: Only me ,;nn .UIun'
does not burn ont the wires sa9 j. u sno ~ th;
General traffic chief Of the New-lork once Oh inS
| I',;,
,bc.. Atmospheric disturbances no batteries "oGu
hc necessary in TELEGRAPH statl"ns II ne o
should remain steadily IN toe ar nn, to ~ ,,,vs
| and o,c. in waves and Of course, when IN" Ma''
/ - rnt prc,rut tho battery must pe w ~ ~
Eut when the wave is passing over the na''.h .h
cannot be- used, as 1t pn' me toIJay that tn,
| ,,1r,tors ,verc interrupted at their work. " III
| h III aurora horcnls and battery, the wirrs w. ~,
came overcharged and refused 70 Inrld rcmair
etrnpth Of the aurora horeallS snouiu unnh 'S,i,
| , s,ronc a. the battery for day or TWO !, ~"oun ~
be an easy matter 70 Obtain certain rcsui'I 1, "
| ,Lo ,rircs without the aid Of the DatteTN' 1.' :!
onr,ot o,r h dnncndcd upon, as it is spasInodc II
| 49,. ,n"vcmetfts No one has yet explained ne Wr'
and ,he wherefore of these atmOspf eric hISuuI
, uOV r, u' - ding - appear The Office ar Blt
Cnlo seemed Ia he the one most aneruu ;n'C C;cin
noon and cvcrinC. hut it was also tcIi III i,c
| mott Detroit ard Chicago. ScNerhi 'ii'cH "iin' LII
| W'l' ,,inI no battrrie. we're used when sendlhl
MESSAGES between thiN Office and Nnany ,ne ~ Su
rnro horcali. furnishing all the eectflclS ne'''
Tho brilli,nt aurora. with it's unusually rnop.
color. was srea'N - - 50,
| tho.c fortunate" eno.9n T. Oh
~ in Erooi,lyn At first the ,.;, on
'crycrs supposed that they were m"E,rII nrI
~ Ncw-Icrscy. but the pecnhir pm u,
ioncy of the appearance soon dlscio~cu W j.,
| iru" ch'r"I ot Police Head
| Quirlcs maze eliza snnnoscd fire anC
,E" story was started and received some cr'oemr
tha, tlla fire in telephone exchange IN INV, M"
| Vnr- caused the display, and that the pe'uiinu
soLo. "f color were due TO the blazing OF Vlfriol
The customary prognoSticaton that attrr sicm a,,
! showy exhibition of the northern Ignls I' s,'i,
| soVerc cold weather may be expected, was niao'
by many observers.