Meteors And Meteoric Phenomena

Wben observers band together to watch every quarter of the sky, and to keep on the lookout throngh the whole night, the nmnber of meteors that present themselves is very great. In this way it has been asce'rtained that ! vvard of thirty, on the average, which ; are conspicuous enough to be seen without instruments, come within the ' view of the observers stationed at one I locality. And it is computed that telescopio meteors must be about forty or fifty times as numerous as those visible to the naked eye. These results may be obtained from observations made ftt one station; but whenconoerted observations arecarried on at different stations several olher f acts of interest cometo light. By simDltaneous observations at distant stations, it has been discovered that the heigbt of meteors above the surface of the earth usual ly ranges f rom one - hnnrfred and twenty mües down to twenty miles, the average height bcinw about sixty miles; that the direction o? their flight is toward the earth, eithein a vertical or in a sloping direotioni and that their spoed in most cases lies between thirty and fifty miles a second. We thua arrive at the conclusión that Visible meteors are phenomena of our ewn atmosphere; and as the atmosphere reaolies a height, at most, of one hundred and fifty miles, and is, therefore, but a thin film over so vast a globe as the earth, it is obvious that the spectators at any one place can see oníy a verj small ponion oí the meteors Whicli dart, about through all parta óf th3 envelope. After making allowance for Ihis, we are forced to conclude that no fewer than three lmndred milhons of these bodies pass daüy into tlio earth s atniosphere, of which about even luilhon, íive hnndred Ihousand are large enongh to be seen with the nabed eje on a eiear night, and in the nee of the moon.- Prof. O J. Stoney, in Popular Science MonWv foi AurjUst. J J - Prince (Jalitzin, a yousg Russian noblemaa, eonveriecl by a Bihle givtn him at the Paris Exposition, propoees to build thirty Bible kioska and to fit up seven Bible oarriages. He intends to travel in Rusaia with Mr. Clough, of Paris, whombehasengaged to have charge of these carriages, saying: "Sinee Christ laid down His precious life for me, I will give niv whole lite and time and fortune for His service." - Ono of the sniall seeds of a gr:ipe has causea the dealh of a resident of San Francisco by loilging n the intestinos and forming an abscess. Fatal results, more especially in children, are known frequeutly to have foüowed the swallowin;; oí grape seeds, which pass out of the stomaeh undigested, irritating the small intestinos, and producing inilammation. .-