The Dickinson press., 1896-11-14
GALL IT + A DUST.

Remains Of Worlds Said to he Con-
stantly Falling On the Earth.
A curious theory has recently been ad-
vanced by the eminent but somewhat
eccentric scientist, Gustave Blattner Of
Vienna. He believes in the existence
of a cos,pical powder of dust, which
he claims is continually falling from
space, and which is the dust or re-
mains Of them which IL now raining
down upon our world in the shape Of
fine powder, has been a million years
in traversing the space between US
and what was once the destroyed
worlds orbit.
Blattner says this dust is Of the
same composition as meteorttes, and
that there is a sufficient amount of it
falling to increase the size of our globe
ten inches in each 1855 days. This me-
teOric dust, or star remains, appears to
be principally composed of nickel, 90
bait, phosphorus and magnesia. In
the arctic regions it is frequently dis
covered in such quantities as to color
the snow almost black. One reason
the professor thinks it is star dust" Is
because nickel of that kind is found
native only in meteorites or "air
stones."-Philadelphia Press.
HIS ONLY THEATRICAL VENTURE.
One Experience Cured Him of His
Ambition to be ImpesariO.
Eyes, I took out a theatrical company
once" admitted the fat alderman as
they were mixing beer with politics.
Il wa young then and hustling like
a man for a cyclone cellar. Old
Hunkey had a pretty good circuit for
those days and kept two or three
companies Of his own on the road. l
happened in his Office when word came
that n of his managers had skipped,
and l struck Hunkey for the job.
Though ] was a raw hand at the bust.
ness he knew that l was full of days
work and concluded to let me have a
show.
after giving me some instructions
he said there was one thing he wanted
to particularly impress upon me. The
people in the company would try to
run all I'VE me and l must maintain
my authority from the start. II !
gave them an inch they would take
the whole business.
"'You're not a very big man. he
went N. but you've got sand. II
they get too obstreperous on your
hands pick out the littlest fellow in the
company and whip the tar out of him
Then they'll recognize you as ruler Of
the ro0st.'
Il had no one Joined the people
was to look after than I detected signi
Of rebellion. l was holding court hal
the time, hearing complaints and set
Ting disputes. 1t was a continue
mix-up and wrangle until I was nearl!
crazy. One night at a little town il
Southern Missouri the climax came
They were all on the rampage and tw,
or three of them, that '~littlest man
among the rest. swore they would no
go on till all the crooked things pend
ing were Strengthened. The crisis ha,
come where l must proceed as per in
structions.
II promptly collared the small fel
low. But say, If ever a man was VI
against 1t, I was. He busted the stag
T with me moved the tops off all tn
f0otlights, wrecked the flies, threw IN
both ways through the scenery an,
closed the entertainment by droppin,
mt from a rear window into the alley
Then and there ended my meteori
career in the theatrical wc,ld. Eve
since then l have made it a standin;
rule mot to seek any advantage be
cause of a. mans size."-Detroit Ere
Press. v $.