The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-02-13
sHooTiNo STARS.
uov Thesp Odd and Erratic Baby Planet.
Dlazo and Darken.

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Dlazo and Darken.
The Shooting star il an oddity ri tio
gary oldest LIND. 1t is II world Of itsei
ii miniature planet - probably ut
larger tlan the rapie1 rnache globe CT
yoar study table or the rubber liz.
with whieh tho tchcol0oys play At! "a
rorpored cat" bat it IS 4 WOE Ii jast /. +.
eame. These baby PLACES II ule a.
WAYS ranud, ~ r-.;..eis are ge1ezs
ean9aacd 10 t2, lac ma lnowa 10 i IL
sli sorts cf Gsoer shn}ies. S3lae
eslaro. Others ~crta@ouaI; r91ne ict
lar and many ~curnered, %hllo oae .3tc.
~casionally met Ni,h which is smas.,
IS II brick Or q cement paving st -.
Probably yea h.rr laver. he..rd q Il
nal Tor vUr.cH el,lt:, far that r1au
areetiae Vail At #et4g stsr il /;
OF MS wa1,d PISS Let rs see how e.41
stalng n ta aHss be.
che fl,1 .s ~ is & .inaliy INV
jature ~. diving aru.a1 the III
II II - - lllrity as tie er,;1.
Janltcf, ie Mars. 1t keeps ~
th.Buneffi It thouSnuds or even
rttlinsof Finally it reaches HE
l,ait Of IL 5seHce. sndlenlt al
Perhaps VI ar any visible cause 1t
shoots oil i" y tangent. Ii is nova
"sbcoting s.-r' Formerly y was "a
world, bnt even now 1t ii not br;ght IA
other Stars aie, Let Us sec what win
cause it 10 flame mp Like Il gigantic
torch ~ the heavens." It's particular
body ti.at We are talking about shot oi
from otis orbit III the direction Of oul
earth. Its speed is not les than 20
miles a eecord, probably five times that
In the great outer sra of space it G..
counters no resistance to its headlona
fight. Eat wait 1t is nearing tho en-
yelopo Of atmosphere which surrounds
Our elohe. Nj at will be the result when
it comes il contact with 1.-The air we
breathe?" Tie first stratum i5 strikes
is so a,tenuated that its lesis-ance Is
very sl,. ut. Yet tho friction is grea,
enough to instantly raise the tenpeia.
ture Of the ts!..n2 world. Within the
hrndredth of asecond the dense
stratum Of a! oeplere has been encoun-
tered. The fight tt the lit lie world j.
now peicept!b!y eHecked, the result be.
Ing a sudden firing of tho mineral mat
ters in The stone. There is an instnn-f
reous bnrst Of light, and then we co
tie doomed representative OF the NINA
tnre planets Ill all its meteoric splendor
Possibly the streak Of fire it leaves
ethwart the heavens will not appear to
b more than q few hundred feet long.
Certainly II VIII DO thin and short if
tie little weld was not larger than a
football-becaCse it will le almost in.
sFantly consumed as soon as it strikes
the denser portions of the atmosphere
On the ether hand, if tits %ofid whicE
Las SO suddenly como &c al end w;:s As
iars' sa good sized barn when it START.
ell, fragments IF it weighing from 10 10
1000 pounds may reach tn5 earth. Ii
is FROM these fragments that we learn
tie shape and composition Of tho aerial
phenomenon referred to as shooting
s.ats. st. Louis RepukGn
NotainG at All.
A young gentleman CT 10 had neye,
been 10 s,Iool, but had had Lis instruc.
ton privately at home. On his very first
IT, at sshCol he camo home and COM
planned bitterly that the teacher punish
ed scholars fer nothing at all.
Have you been p~unished?' he was
asked.
Il was shut in q closet for half ali
hour.
What for?'
II do not know. only / wanted to
knew something Of the teacher. l put
up my hand-I was very careful to put
up my hand-and asked her for permits.
Sion to ask IA question"
Aud what I'D sho say:"'
"she told mo come to her desk and
ask it."
"Well?''.
And I went to the desk to ask it,
but instead Of answering it she put mt
night i'll the closet"
Singular! But did you do anything
wrong on tho WY to the desk?"
Anything wrong on the way? Why,
nc-oh. tie Gully thing / did was to
rSfn q eo3pie OF handspringsl''-Boston
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