The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-10-19
ARP ON METE0RS.
Ap Writes Absct These N!s'efiess
Visitors.
HAS A LETTER FROM ARKANSAS
Deseribiay . Paenomeaoa Out There
Last nouth. nesecrs Never nun
Anytody.

near Nas nome anu Nc to-PA 1
me by asking some questions that
cannct answer. The origin of usc,eoss
and their flight and fall Is yet the IN
solved problem OF the ages
Tie says that on The 18th OF last
meath, at o'clock in the morning.
when there was n clear sky and not
cloud d be seen. there vas runb-
ling sound OF thunder - weird and
unnatural that IL Was alarming u
vas like the rolling of heavy trucks
over an uneven platform. oriy I'M
meusely louder II Was heard In all the
esShboring towns. and they ali
telegraphed each ether TO know "
mill had not blown up or n magazine
exploded. Suddenly there was an ex-
ploslon In the air and dark cloao
formed and meteoTic fragments fsE Al
Different places In this viclnity.
small piece that weighed one and :.
half pounds fell in a field near by and
was brought To town while was
yet hot !; was powder-biaekened on
the outside. but inside vas grayiss
color. and its particles shonc like goid
dust Under the microscope they
resembled quicksilver.
IL was a full minute from the be-
ginning OF the rumbling thunder tiil
the explosion came. and the course "a
| ;1e sound was from east 20 west The
event was so unexpected and 80 III
| the mythology CT Jupiter tUnans
| throwing a bumb from MI OiymruA
| that the white people were spell
bound. and the negroes declared II
1 warning and went to prayer
| Philosoph hers and astronomers have
been studying these phenomerAs Tor
800 years. and have not yet agreed
| upon a solution The archives oil tie
Chinese empire record the fall of SIX
teen great aerolites from 30" 10 eoe
wears before Christ. The Greeks an'
Romans record a number. ana Afis
totle and D.ogenes commented upof
them. So did Livy. Plutsrch ant
| PRny. They haze been seen so isrf'
that the estimated weight Of the frag
ments after the explosion was 3o."v'
pounds. and the light was 20 brillian
as to pale the SUI by day and obscnf'
the moon By night. There is now q
the Yale College cabinet a fragmen
that weighs 1.635 pounds. This cam
from near the Red river In Arkansa'
Many Of the western states have fnrn
, ished specimens for the museums Z
colleges. and all of them are CON
r posed G: ttae sam. mineral in2redien'
| principally ircn-and include coppe
Tin. SULPHUR. carbon and ether meta
known TO our own earth Not sing
: new substance has ever been di
covered. and for this reason the theo'
obtained that they were thrown 4
from our own volcanoes with SUI
l der fnr n time III
oil outer atmosphere of the earth. and
Oh revolve with the earth. But IN
al theory has long since been abendonc
IN for they seem to have an orbit cf fht
L own from ives; II east. Then came
v theory that they came from Z
d. NOON. and were of volcanic orig
and were thrown out with such u
re rife force as to get beyond the mco'
er influence and within that OF our ear
But this WAS discredited because tas
w fragments have been falling. no dou
,s. for thousands Of years On the land a
he on the sea. and on all countries.
would have by this time materia
diminished the size and weight OF
moon. La Place and Humbolt fs-ol
IN, this neon theory for time. Blu;
modern astronomers. such as y
fessors Arago and Almsted and BE
OF ditch declare that meteors are sim
,es clouds or nebuIae of meteoric plan
on that have a motion and orbit OF IN
inc own. and that orbit sometimes COZ
at within range of the esrth's and p
duces a comnotion-a disturoal
the that causes the fall. cf some OF 4
Lhc own nebulae. Some OF the child
md got too far away from their mo.hc
the reckon.
Sometimes meteors are simply la
nous and have no body to explode
'e" strike the earth. These have perit
vibrations OF thirty-four years. I
ish come in showers az thick as sn
on flakes. and fall as gently TO With
few feet OF the earth and are ex
will euished. They fell In 11s9-1s33
his 1867, and each fall was or the 13tl
November. But there have been m
'oce displays at irregular Intervals
an orally about the 10th Of August
,;ny old enough to remember well
falling of the stars In 1888.
father held me in his arms as
oe. stood in the portico. for ! waf sca
aIu Our old negro. aunt M.nty. was
M ing and shouting Sd Ii scared all
us. children. George Lester lived on
says cppcsite side of the street. and
the mother held him In her arms. s.
next times I'm these later days I would
ited with my old-t!me friends. DIR.
Alexander. or his brother Tom
George Adair, and we could boa
the wonderful era in which We
has lived. and the odvent OF steaml
.,. end railroads and Gotten gins.
/ and faIRRY0nns
ppli- ns na-,ec,ed IN saw. .an
10 saw TIE stars fall in ls33." ID
part never saw q night like that
e re- reckon the Spaniards AZ
I be thought they did on the lst OF =
And now the next inquiry Ii n
young farmer who wants 70 kn'
nsr., It II good farming to follow grain
" Ill erAh' ne m 81, Mn ,h., 4
oeen years ago The Courier-Journai OF
nuI tucky, offered prize OF yl."Vo fe
best essay on practical seiieu
cA. Over 200 were contributed ana I!
lopej say that got the prize detsiie
ner. writer's plan OF farming in ken'
'rtrv II was brief. very brief. He n
Az n. his corn rows seven feet apart.
,ic,.. his corn eighteen inches apart.
waited the ground Thoroughly ans
tights. ro*ea II; s'" 49, - -.
n de- - ,sther he drove the wascn In
DEM. e;~sh rov ana loaded from tnrel
1gton, ..ch s,de After the corn y
uen gathered he went over the corn
crossways with q heavy role
. ap- rolled II alp down nat on the
Hav- The stocks and the oiades COW
Span like a blanket When the nis'
sr the snow FELL he sowed clover On tas
When Il rained or taawed s,e
seed fell into the ground ana
'posed root, and - he had co.a and
Rico ana clover following In Tctatt;
]! tne made q nne crop oe each.
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