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- ^ . t < :>; ; . * SKY WILL SHOWER MYRAIDS OP STARS. Grand Meteoric Display Expected Next Month. FREGMEMT8 OF A GREAT COMET. Every Tjirty-Three Years Com? the Leonids. Remnants ot a Comet Which Burst 3,300 Years Ago. Washington Post. The Leonids are coming. On the night of (be 14th <>f next month tnore will pour from the heavens the most remarkable and spectacular stream of shooting stars ever predicted by astronomers. In Washington the scientists of the United States naval observatory are making elaborate preparations for observing the coming appearance o( the Leonids, while throughout the colleges, universities, and a stroll omical observatories of the Unit . ed States and of the world thousands of tnen trained to a knowledge of the stars are awaiting with eager interest- an opportuni ty observe the grandest ol ceiestial -phenomena. Once every i!nrt\ three years the wondrous spectacle ?>l mill ions of stars (ailing out of the heavens is witnessed by the hu man rue. ?a seemingly long tune, this thirty three years, a generation'iu the line <>f man, a second in the eternity of the heavens. A goodly percentage of persons are living today whose age exceeds this average ?> linrnutexis tence ; smaller by tar is the mini ber whose year-, exceed three score and six; while the world contains only an infinitesimal proportion ol uien an 1 women whose years will . -ah the ex trerne limit m' mm . > and ninety and nine. Hut the assertion is safe that there are none living today whoso eyes have ever behold the cataclysm of living lire which pours from the sky when the orbit of the Leonids intersects that of the earth who will not bear forever in mind the memory of that spectacle. At any rate, if the calculations of the astronomers who aro heralding throughnil f (llti ** / *? I A f h/. ?? ^..4 uun I1UIUI IIIC ucai I v-MlJIIIJC U! the Leonuls do not fail this magnificent and awe inspiring sight will be viewed by tens of millions of tiie me 111 hers o! the ureat general republic 011 the I4tb of November of this year. So relatively r-tre is the appear a 11 co of the I.^.' litis that questions r.:-lurul'.j :st at hem- -Ivi s t the ordin-try pe-.-o;i a ??. what i . T" !it\ ; r the Leonid , " f.'-'O <!' they fiiirio Irom. and how is it possible to j l? ?;?:? the I i i m one os- Micro .-ho -tit ^ t^r { "hi: ]'. -stions have boon answered ir r art by eaI'-i:Jation? and ' -">rva ti'm", act: :n p:<rt by well founded theories ?>f astronomers. WAN'DKIIKUS OK Til K SKV. i:i the IirSt place tli single K S Ills life Was Saved. Mr. .1. K. Lilly, a prominent citizen id Hannibal. Mi? lnt?.lv< had a wonderful deliverance from a frightful death. In telling of n ho says: "I was taken with Typhoid Fever, that ran into Pneumonia. My lungs became hardened. I was so weak I couldn't even sit up in bed. Nothing helped me. I expected to soon die of Consumption, when 1 heard of Dr. King's New Discovery. One bottle gave great relief. I continued to use it, and now am well and strong. I can't say too much in its praise.'' This marvellous medicine is the surest and quickest cure in the world for all Throat and Lung Trouble. Ilegulai size 50 cents and $1.00. Trial bottles free at Crawford Bros'. Drug Store ; every bottle guaranteed. 2. [ urn n muni, UfllllilH COlirSt' throughout the regular courses of the stars. T.ie length of the orbit which it travels varies from a comparatively small distance of a few hundred millions of miles to one which reaches into the thousands of billions. The time which different comets take in completing their orbits varies! from three and a half to a linn1 dred thousand years. The precise ness of astronomical knowledge is such that the exact rate per ! second of the movement of tlie i bodies can he determined and the time at which they wiil arrive at any given poiui in theirorbit can ( be predicted to the second. W hen the statement, is made ?n? ii?, i i -? . i-... .i. , .ii' ii i ii ii i 1111" lii-uiuw- ii i ti :jiil l IIP ' frairmt iitof a f.irmor comet ami t!>:11 tho^o fragments are follow ing ihe ? ??;i; -c? pursued in bv?rone , airps l?v mat comet, it will be readily seen that there is nothing (remarkable in the further Htat?*- j J merit that modern astronomers' I can pie.dicl almost the exact time I at which the November meteoric showers will make their appearlance. The swarm of particles! which formed the onco glorious orb known as Tern pel's comet now ; ; pursue in the outer darkness of ?pac?? the identical path which J they followed when parts of a (composite whole. 1 ' II." L' r\ ?1 f> 11 l"i t* t 11 .1 limirn ' "f tl." heaven--, the Leonid* are hut in-. ! fant-\ According to 1'rof. Simon | Neucomb, Temper* cornet !i i> onlv thirty-three hundred vpar*. i .... ' ' , . 1 I no cause <ii ? x j).<? i n n - pro..* ; n 1 >!v t!i ? intense heat generated . by tho terrilie rate .'it which tie* ! com ' rrvoie V Th lv'.' ihej I ?'gg th power* (> ' human i! v ' r:pt : r.'.vi i ; A ?omit. lLi'b>r tJ ir liiii'Tiiri of tii. hurnilpr hoi" there ronld he lit*; reef. The 1\ nu^ which compelled! 1 the ! inter *? >i! * to I'dlotv through j coontle** age-' a pertain path ' | were at work as wcli among the | bursted and living particles. They i l'eli mt'j line, the larger fragments , hiking the head el the line and the smaller partielea railing in j behind for a million miles and more, and the unending journey, j I . ?. ... interrupted for a while, was takj en up again along tho old path. The course of Tempel's cornet j and of its subsequent particles completely encircles the orbit of' the earth, touching it only at one The "Plow Hoy Preacher," Itev. J. Kirkman, Helle Kiver, III., says: "After suffering from Bronchial or lung trouble for ten years, I was cured by One Minute Cough Cure. It is all that is claimed for it and more." It cures coughs, colds, grippe and all throat and lung troubles. Crawford Hros. d-w-s i teor or meteorite, which makes, when it strikes the atmosphere of the earth, the bo called "hooting star, is often a mere tramp of the heavens. It in the detached frag ment of some hursted planet, and, too email for observation with the finest telescope, it wanders around in space until it comes within the circle of attrac tion of some large body, when gravity causes it to fall. Generally, in the course oi its descent through the atmosphere of the large body, the meteorite generated so much heat that it is en tirely consumed; the meteor, be ing larger, continues on and strikes the earth. But. neither the pinkie meioim or meiwtnre chii on observed except in the brilliant fashion of its death. The comet, on the contrary, is a creature of the skies more to be reckoned with. Erratic as its wanderings may seem to the unsophistocated, in reality it pur ? ? % point on it? outer edge. Continu ing. it crufkHH 'he orbits i>f Jup ter Mud Saturn and extends a fe< millions of miles hevoud that ( I Uranus. In shape the orbit o Temple's romet is elliptical. Il length is twenty times thatof th earth. ' One of the most intereatin questions that will t>e brought u for determination during th coming visit of the Noverabe. , meteors is connected with tliei tiret presence.in the solar systen There is a well founded theor to the effect that Tempel's conn was originally drawn into iiie so lar system hv the planet Ur?ni|i and this year the cx.n-t date < its coming will probably be pro\ en by actual observation." sai Prof. William A. Harkness, wh is in charge of the astronomies department*^ the naval observn ! tory, in the course of an intei i view. "We arc unable to predict the exa< hour at which the November ineteori showers will begin. But it is cstinit ted that the showers will reach tliei ! maximum brilliancy at 1 o'clock a. id the morning of Nov. 15. Althotig these meteorics revolve around til sun in a deHnite orbit, the point ( their intersection with the orbit of tt earth moves forward at the rate of j degree and \ h: If tier year, thus t brow | itig the adv ut of the meteors fe hours la'er at each succeeding fal i For example, the fall of ls:s;{ oeeurre ! on the night of November til: tire fa I of IS'.e.i will take place on the eveiiin of the lltli of November, and w i probably tie of some hours duratioi | It w ill be visible thoiighoiit the w hoi | of tlu' North American continent an i in Kumpe ami Asia. ?>i:i?;in oitiikii: n\mk. "The November meteors receive 11 name of I entiids from the fact tli: they sec in Jo pour out from the pal ; of the heavens wherein is located tli i con-telhst i< n of I.eo. XV hen this cor stellation i- at its/enith, It is nlmo. overheail :t Washington. In weigl i he.-e meteors vurj from a few grain to many pounds. 'liny strike tli | earth's atmosphere, and begin to bur at the height of seventy-four mile and are generally entirely consume at a height of lifty miles. The terrild heal generated when these meteor strike the upper regions of the atium phere can he better realized when tli meteor is traveling at a rateexceedin i l,t)t)i) miles an hour than when travel ing at an even greater rate when i comes in eontaet with t he atmosplieri "The phenomenon of a great meteor in shower is generally a perfeell ni iseles- one. When the streak is fir? formed it is narrow and perfect I straight, tiiit it soon becomes serpen tine and assumes an irregular tigur as it drifts along under the inlluenc of the wind currents in the uppc region of the atmosphere. The streak are of various colors, owing partly ' sut.-l aiices ami partly i > l heir all it ltd* s ii re of a deliea' greenish Iiic \\ hi !e ol In rs Ii ght iip t he sk ies wit h ruddy glow. Streaks of orange, re? whiie and bluish white coiuiiiiiigie i !< .'in a ini 1*1*111 .: i !- an J heaii. i>< p ' J T . Occasionally an or.i:i;n o'ori 1 lie teur may he oh?or\ ?d I* w ing in its wake a streak ?*f green. 1 ' *i. larity ol the Novctnb r in > : is i hat t he nucleus ,- hooJ.s ahead of : h .* r -ak before \ ani.-hiii'.'. 'Ik* indi vid .a! meteors vary greatly i.i -i/a > >.*.* of the larger of the meteors a| jcar to he half the si/.e of the moot I nt or<per ed with t lie in* ceroids j- .* . occasional lirehnll, which, in hurstiii) causes shadows to be rust upon tli No tlii;ht to Uoliness. 1'ho woman who is lovely i face, form ami temper will al ways have friends, hut one wh would be attractive must kee iier health. If she is weak, sickl, and all run down, she will he nerv ous and irritable. If she has eon etipation or kidney trouble, he impure blood will cause pimple; blotches, skin eruptions and wretched complexion. Klectri Hitters is the best medicine in tb world to regulate stomach, live and kidneys and to purify th blood. It gives strong nervei nrigni eyes, smootn, velvety Pkir rich complexion. It vrill make good-looking, charming woman o a run-down invalid. Only 50c a Ckawford Bros'. Drug Store. V'.* {j :> V ? v .Ty ' jgJ * ' i ' 1 Woman's Best FHend Dirts Worst Enemy if ' ground, so intense is the light generd ated lor the moment. There is no reao son that in such instances as this the (j sound of bursting should not reach the ears of spectators. The streaks left in the case of fireballs of the llrst magnir tude last in some cases for several hours." HISTORY OK TIIK 1)181*1.AYS. IC I)r. W. F. Denning, fellow of the .* Royal Astronomical society of Kngir land, has made a special study of the " November meteoric displays. He hns found that the history of t tiese disIP I plays goes hack for a thousand years. I In some of his writings on this subject he quotes I he celebrated historian 21 ' ji'onde. who, in his Arabian history, states t hat "on the night of t he 12th of | October," ?.?02. an immense number of " | falling stars were seen to spread t hemi u..Ki.r ll>.. I ..... ..1- tl... . L.- I.I.. Ill""""' *" "" I rain." This pari i? utar i ear was known ** i lie pea fl ?t as "th" year of stars" " | on I In- Itlili of < totober, I jnj. it is * | also reeord il h\ < mole that "tin* stars '* shot hit her and 1 hit her i n t he heavens, ' [eastward and westward, and llew against one aunther Iik? a scattering . storm uf locusts, tn thn right and to a* , lie ii* ft. 'I'll is pi a-n i in i'n hi last I'd till it : day break. People \M*r.' thrown into rt ! i'linstirnat ton and r: ?*tl to (iod, 'In-! ii* Mi ^t High, with contused i'lainor." i- Aeeordirig 1 o I >r I ii'iinin ?, t In1 must I t brilliant display in our annals was tin* it ivi'inhiT nioti'orii' shower of 1 in is 5'islon aloni' it i-- e-tlimited that "JIC,c | (Kin meteors \v i1 r i \isilil?- during tin' n s"vi'ii hours' duration of tin* shower. ^ < 'oncer nin g t tiis sh iwi-r. In* says : d "The words 'prodigious,' 'stupene dons,' and 'inagniti.'i-nt,' do not do-1 a .scribe it. Compared with l In* splendor , of this celestial exliib 11011. t he most tC brilliant rockets and fireworks of art g bore less relation than the most tiny - star to the broad glare of the sun. it 'Stars'fell until there was none left. *. "A Soul h Carolina planter, writing - of thi-i iiM'ti'orie display and ilsell'eet V || 111111 the Vnnnu'S ..I' 111. tit,i nt uf i,,n I | >ay > : '! was sih!?Ii nly awakcni'd by y thi' most ilistrt'.-sin^ i-rins that ? v? r I i- f>-!l <>ri mj rar>. Shrinks of horror ami ? rriiis of iihti'V I < !? ilil Imar from motl t- of t In* Negroes of I hron plantat ions, r ' amount iiitf in all In win nr sim, s U liilo arm's! |y !i-1 *:ii tsfor I ln> o | fjn?I hoard a faint v 'ire near 11?? > iloor railing niv namm I aro.- ami , takino my -.wop'! .-'ooil at I lie ilnop. | a \' t his moimsit | haaril I In* sain-1 voiim I. Ix'-i cohiiijr mo io ri ?! ami >a \ io^. <'li, i <i my (i mi! i o>" wur.<! i> oti lir<* I' ;l . !: II pi'11 I'll ' I i ill-op, all i it i-. . - ' lis?" *iilt ' i viy wliifli ospifoil mo tho I - noi-l list ri'-smt rri.'s of t ho \i"rroi'?. \ I'puanl of a li 11:itlr<-?l lay pros!rati* oil ? 1 In- ^rouml ? stunt* v j.i eh!os>, hut wit li j ! !. . I a pr .: oil, i mp r. < i;; (< - ul t o ail v i- flu* world and IS i * 111. i'lm ari-iii* was ' |\! truly awful: fur never ?1;?! r.iin fall i- much thicker than did the meteors In- 1 !. wanl tie* earth, ra?l, imr li and ! n s?>iif li. il was I In* same. *? HI INI 1.11! .S I lo A 1.1.. *11 may li>* safely Mini." rout iones ! "" l>r. I ii'ii n i iifj, "i li u in lli?* mouth of ( No\i-iiiluT all ast roriuniers ami a great mnjorily of tin* general public will! i ! heroine meteoric observers. for the () | 11 11<11ii?-11n presented will In* of an I D ? x<|?t ional kind hioI of a character y lo interest every one. I "There i- scarcely any nat oral event | which to the observant eye is so bril I limit ami so impressive anil animated { ^ as a rich shower of meteors. ~ ! 'A solar total eclipse, with its weird c shadow hands, corona and red promi_ nences, a large comet with its train - spread over a considerable extent of e the heavens, and a brilliant aurora '? 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