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DAILY ENQUIRER • FUN : C0LTTMBU8, GEORGIA. SUNDAY MORNING NOVEMBER 7, The World Passing Through a Belt of Meteorites. Krlrnlifti- AtmljwM or the Miolit* Thnnilrrhrlta oT Jovr riii' Strom?!' 1’irllrlrs niiil Mshii'i I lint Flout In Tlrplww I’ronislnn \r»mn * tin* Sun. FullonlFIrebulls. In a few days the world will once more enter that curious belt, of meteorites which is known us the full star shower. Every boy and tjirl is familiar with the wonderful spectaclo which t he skies present twice a year, when the heavens appear to be filled with falling stars, and bright linos of light cross each other in endless succession, un til it seems, in tlie poetic imagery of the Bible, tlint the slurs of heaven are raining down upon the world "as a llg tree casteth her unripe figs when she is shaken by the wind.” Many a grown up person has sat np through the night watching the impres sive spectacle. What falling or shooting stars aro, where they come from, what becomos of thorn, what relation they hoar to meteor ites, what connection, if any, they have with other denizens of the skies, are quos- .tions equally interesting to scientists and the public. Dr. Herbert A. Newton, tho famous Yale professor, and the retiring president of the Amerienn Association for the Advancement of Science, ehoso the subject of metooritcH to be the themo of his recent ummal address. He summed up all that we know, and he touched upon tho numerous theories which scientific men have advanced, hut which have not yet been confirmed by observation or reason ing. All sorts of opinions have been held about the origin of meteors. It has been argued that they come from the sun, from the moon, from tho planets,from volcanoes on the earth. Some have argued that they Were condensations of nebulous matter left over, so to speak, when tho world was cre ated. Others have supposed they were fragments of a lost planet. Few of these theories will stand the test of investiga tion. It is difficult to bolieve that any solid body—and we know that meteors are solid—could have been projected from the sun to the vicinity of our earth. It would necessarily have been fused and vaporized in passing through the enormously heated atmosphere of the sung and if it had escaped this peril it would un der the law of gravitation, have shot upward a certain distance and then fallen back whence it came. Bo far ns we know, none of tho lunar volcanoes are in a state of activity. Meteors cannot have boon ejected from terrestrial volcanoes, for none of them possess tile energy necessary to throw a mass of metal a hunderd miles into the air. There is no probability that they once formed part of a lost planet; it is difficult to perceive how the materials of a K lanct, once gathered together, could have Ben dispersed. After reviewing all those vnrious theories. Prof. Newton comos to the conclusion that meteors, fireballs, shooting stars, falling stars mid comets alt substantially belong to one class—that they are aggregations of primitive matter which formed somewhere in the cold of ■pace. Tho elements are known. Almost every boy has picked up iu the fields a curious metallic, stone, wuich he has taken home to be told that it is a meteoric .stone, which the ancients cnlled Jove’s thunderbolt. This stone, when analyzed, is found to con sist of silicon, magnesium, iron, nickel, n little oxygen and a few other materials. Prof. Newton supposes these elements to have been floating about in tho night of space ami to have come together—how lie docs not explain. He assumes millions of sueli aggregations to have taken and ho taking place in all parts of the uuivorse. The aggregations may bo of any size; from a great comet, nearly as large as a planet, to a Htone which a boy can hold in his hand. The moment a solid body came into ex istence h,v these aggregations it obeyed the lnw of tho universeand began to travel toward the sun with cometary velocity. It. must go round the central body of oiir sys tem and thence return whence it came, moving in a parabolic orbit. It starts from t point in space so cold that the severest Arctic weather seems torrid in comparison, hut in the course of its appointed revolu tion, when it approaches the sun, it passes through a region whose heat glazes its sur face and gives to meteorites the shiny, wrinkled aspect which the inside ofan overworked cannon wears after a long bat tle. What adventures it lias on the way it is easy to conjecture. When it approaches within attraction of one of the planets Its course is run. It cannot blit obey the law of gravitation. Down it must come. As it enters the atm os f iliere of a planet the friction s generally more than it can bear; it breaks to pieces or fuses. Sometimes we •ee it fall apart, what was one shooting ■tarbecomes two. Its light is almost in variably extinguished at a considerable dis tance from the earth, showing that its life ended there. Prof. Newton thinks that the meteors we •ee are seldom farther away from us than 100 miles and seldom nearer than thirty miles- Prof. Olmsted reckoned that the great meteor which created such u scare in the east twenty years ayo was 2000 miles away, and the meteor ol 1SS5, which was ■een simultaneously in Pennsylva nia, New York and Western New England and Canada, was supposed to be as (list an I. But it is impossible to Uiko acturate astronomical observations of h phenomenon which is unexpected and generally instantaneous; it may be that Prof. Newton is right. According to the ordinary reckoning, 6000 meteors fall on tho earth every year, the great bulk of thorn, of course, falling into the sen. This is mere guesswork. The data are entirely wanting on which to base au estimate. The size of meteoric ■tones which are p eserved in museums varies from a ton in weight to the size of a child’s marble. The stones which do fall generally come from fireballs or bolides, which arc seen to explode with a great noise and smoke. The explosion is sometimes heard UH) miles away, nod the concussion of tho air ■hakes the whole region like an earth quake. There is probebly no general law on these matters. Most of the meteorites that have been found were red hot, or nearly »o ; but one fell iu the Punjab a few years ugo which was so icy cold that the fingers of those that touched it stuck to its sur face. Scientific men explained this on the theory that this one line! just come from the uttermost distance of space, where tho bun’s rays have no power. Some philosopher, arguing that life was omnipresent, once raised the question whether meteors and aerolites could be in habited by a race of beings specially creat ed so as to be adapted to their conditions. But the microscope fails to show the least trace of either animal or vege table life on these visitors from the outer wotid. The planets may bo in habited, though it is hard to understand how. It is known that if the planetoids | contain human beings i iey must be sixty j leet high, lint it is pretty sale to say that nobody lives iu a comet, which alternates ' between a heat that fuses metal and a oold that no imaginable thermometer could re cord; and which, moreover, lias the awk- ' ward habit of splitting up into two or | three pieces on slight provocation. But, inhabited or not, we must believe , that all snace is fall of objects, moving in an ondless procession round the sun. Of these the great bulk are minute particles, star dust, which Isometimes get within the earth's attraction and give rise to tho showers of dust—red, block and yellow—that have fallen from time to time on the surface of the earth. But a goodly number of them arc ponder able bodies, some of them quite large—little worlds in their way—all moving madly through space at a rate which takeH the breath away to think of. Prof. Newton thinks thai these bodies are within a couple of hundred miles of each other— within speaking distance, so to say and that millions of them dropout by the way- side through planetary attraction, leaving room for their succus-ors; for the work of creation is never ending—it Is, and was, mid ever shall be, l.niislitcr bends * New Chnrm To beauty when it discloses a pretty set of teeth. Whiteness, when nature has sup plied this element of loveliness, may lie retained through life by using fragrant SOZODONT. sat se tu tlufcw THE FIRST OCEAN STEAMER. Iliiw tho American Ship Crowed tho Atfcnllr— As tonishment. iu Europe. Hartford Timer.. East Bukin, Conn., October 27.—Dear Sir: The following is a copy of my grand father’s (Captain Mosos Roger’s) account of the voyage of the first steamship that ever crossed the Atlantic. It was pub lished long years ago in ■oine of the mag azines; but perhaps some of the younger readers would be interested to note the progress America has made in the present century. Mbs. Emma II. Adams. [The tea kettle is still iu the family and prized as an heir-loom.] Tho first steamship, ths Savannah, was built in New York by Ficket & Crockett, under the direction of Captain Moses Rog ers. The engine was built by Daniel Dodd of Elizabethtown, and Stephen Vail of Norristown, N. J. The Savannah sailed from New York for Savannah, Oa.. and from Savannah to Charleston, S. C., for tho purpose of taking the president, James Monroe, to Savan nah. After successful experiments she sailed for Liverpool. May 25th, 1819. She was a full-rigged ship, of about 350 tons burthen, with a low-pressure engine of 90-horse power. She was a fast sailor, and with engine power could go eight miles per hour. She was commanded by Captain Moses Rogers ol New Lond n. Captain Steven Rogers was sailing master. She arrived in Liverpool after twenty-two days—on fourteen of which she used her engine. She was seen from the telegraph station at Cape Clear, the southern part of Ire land, and reported as “a ship on fire.” The admiral at Cork dispatched one of the king’s cutters to her relief: but great was their astonishment ut their inability, with all sail in a fast vessel, to come up wih a ship under bare poleB. After several shots were fired from tho cutter, the engine was stopped; and the surprise of the crew at the mis take they had made, as well as their curi osity to see the singular “Yankee craft,” can only bo imagined. They asked per mission to go on board, and were much gratified by the inspection of this navai novelty. As the Savannah approached Liverpool, hundreds of people came off in boats to sec her. She was compelled to lay outside of tho bar until the tide should serve for her to go in. During this time she had her colors all flying; when a boat from a British sloop-of-war came alongside and hailed the sailing master, who was on deck at tho time— “Where is your master, sirt” was the pompous salutation. “I have no master, sir,” was the laconic reply. “Where is your captain, then?” “He is below; do you wish to sec himT” “I do, sir!” The captain came up and asked him what he wanted. “Why do you wave that pennant, sir?” “Because my country allows me to do it, sir.” "My commander thinks it wns done to insult him; and if you don’t take it down he’ll send force to do it." Captain R >gers then exclaimed to the engineer, “Get. the hot water engine ready!” Although there was no such machine on board, the order bad the desired efl'eet; for Johnny Bull paddled olf as fast os pos sible. On approaching the city, the shipping, piers, und roofs of the. houses were thronged with persons cheering the ad- , venturous craft. Naval officers, noblemen and merchants came down to visit her and ascertain her speed and destination. As it wns soon after Jerome Bonaparte had offered a large reward to any one who would succeed in taking his brother Na poleon from St. Helena, many supposed Unit to be the object of the Savannah. Remaining in Liverpool twenty-eight days, and visited by people of rank, who treated her officers with marked attention she lelt for Copenhagen, Denmark, where she excited similar curiosity. She pro ceeded then to Stockholm, Sweden, where she was visited by the royal family nod the foreign ministers. By tho invitation of the American minister they dined on board and took an excursion among the neighboring islands. From Stockholm she procetded to St. Petersburg, which capi tal she reached in safety. Lord Lyudock, who wns on a tour through thy north of Europe, by invitation took passage on board. She was boarded in Russia by several noblemen and naval officers, who tested her qualities by a trip to Cronstadt. Valuable services of plate were presented to her officers. A quaint silver tea-kettle was presented to Captain Rogers. From St. Petersburg she proceeded to Copenhagen; from thence to Arundel in Norway, then back across the seas to Sa vannah, where she arrived in twenty-five days. Thus the first steam vessel crossed the Atlantic, a specimen of American ingenu ity and enterprise. Bkown's Bronchial Troches for Coughs and Colds : “1 think them the best and most convenient relief extant.”—Rev. C. M. Humphrey. Uratz, Ky. nov4 dAwlw He who knows how to return favors ex tended receives more. Moxie will give you a v.goroua appetite and refreshing sleep. Itcail amt Ki'iuemher. The oath of the lover incurs no penalty. | A lover, like a torch, flames the brighter | by agitation. . \ Love, like a tear, arise* in the eyes and [ fulls to the breast. 'File wise man will command, the fool | serve his desire. Time, and not tho will, puts an end to j love. Courage increases by daring, fear by de lay. | His own disposition is a bitter punish- I ment to the miser. A miser bus no life but a longer death. I He who interests himself in tho cause of | another involves himself. He who fears himself lives in continual agony. Rule thy desire lest it rule thee. He who would be frugal must rule his j desire and his passions. Nothing belter can be obtained than a ' true friend. No gain satiates avarice. He who can not do kindness may not await kindness. Mothers worn out with the cares of ma ternity should tak- Moxie.. POISONS. Atropia is the most powerful poison yet discovered. Next to atropia in point of violence is the Indian arrow poison,eusare. South American Indians dipped their ar rows into a solution of this plant. Its ac tion is entirely unique. It paralyzes tho limbs and the lungs, but in no way does it effect the heart or tho brain. Both of these last remain cleur and active. If the lungs be pressed upon rhythmically, and thus artificial respiration be kept up a few hours until the poison be eliminated, the patient recovers surely and entirely. Lurking beneath the golden hue of the jasmine, hid in its delicate, refreshing fragrance, a poisonous essence is ever present Potent for good, but demand ing a close observance of quantity to be taken. The spotted salamander, a llz- zard-smike, is endowed with the power of ejecting from every pore in its skin a milky Huid whenever it is touched by any object. This fluid possesses the same chemical composition as the poison secreted by the glands of venomous reptiles generally. A South American has recently discovered that mungunato of potassium, when in serted immediately into the bite of any poisonous snake, and not too long after the bite is inflicted, neutralizes the venom. When, however, the poison lias had time to get into the system, this local injection avails nothing. It is at this juncture that whisky is loudly proclaimed all powerful. It is exceedingly difficult to define what is poisonous. Death is produced by alum, salt, aniline dyes, tobacco, opium, chloro form and yet Ithese substances are not grouped popularly among the poisons. Any drug that is used is beneficial or dele terious according to the quantity taken. Arsenic is looked upon as the synonym of destruction, while strychnine and hemlock aro believed to be scarcely less dangerous. All of these substances are administered daily to thonsands of sick people much to their comfort. Poisonous is entirely rela tive. A baby a few weeks old cannot safe ly take one-twentieth grain of opium while a whole grain is the usual dose for anudult, and a horse can easily stand sixteen grains. Drugs, then, are poisonous relatively, as they injure the system. Substances that act in small doses are generally looked upon as the most violent poisons. No drug, mineral or vegetable is in itself iu proper quantity poisonous, that is, prejudicial to the well being of the body. Atropia, the drug from belladonna and identical with it, acts on the heart, making it beat fnster even in the most minute doses. The eighteen hundredth of a grain has an effect perceptible to our eye on the frog’s heart. No other known substance has ever been observed to unfold its efficient property in so small a quantity. Atropia, then, is the most powerful poison known, and yet it is one of the most used and use ful drugs known to medicine. In addition to this pulse-quickening effect, it alHo dilateB the pupil of the eye, thereby taking the action of the iris out of play. There are other substances that have a direct action on the heart, and curiously enough they all come from the vegetable kingdom. Veratrum I take to be the most insidious of them all. Conium is like jt but less effective. Stramonium is clihSe akin to both, but still leBS powerful in its action on the heart. Aconite is the feeblest of them all. There is a compensa tion in all nature if we can only fathom it. Wherever there is plus electricity a minus is too—positive and negative; come a storm, a calm follows; day, then night; after the harvest follow land; ebb then flow; and so it is with poisons. It one substance, ns atropia, make the heart pulsate more frequently; musco- riu, the poisonous mushroom, antagonizes it and eauses it to beat slowly. These sub stances are said to be antagonistic. Poison ous mushrooms will cause the heart to cease entirely, but timely instill atropia into the blood and away it beats again. So it is with opium; its action on the heart is very similar to that of mushrooms, bring ing the heart gradually to a stillstand—ar resting the heart. Atropia here, too, takes off the brakes and lets it resume its func tion of pumping. Strychnia throws the whole nervous system into convulsions, while chloral quiets the nerves and antagonizes strych nia. Arsenic does not net on the heart, but on the intestinal canal. There is strict ly no drug that is antagonistic to arsenic or any substance that unfolds its effect on the stomach or intestines. In the case of such poisons, antidotes are used. That is, something that renders the poisonous drug inert or benign. Turpentine in this way is an antidote to phosphorous; prepara tions of iron negative arsenic ; aikalies neutralize all acids, but the cauterizing effect of sulphuric, carbolic, muri atic and "Uric acids is not over come. The most obscure poisons discovered only partially known, are substances that look extremely like arsenic and strych nin, and are found in decomposing ani mal flesh. These arc called ptomaines. The action of this poison is powerful and related to arsenic. Ptomaines form iu dead bodies, in decomposing fish especially, in oysters and in any decaying animal stomach. A knowledge of this substance is highly important in medical jurispru dence, as it can similate other poisons. There can be no doubt that ptomaines have often been mistaken for arsenic in tiic stomach of persons suspected of having been poisoned. The Catarrh remedy, Ely’s Cream Balm, hns proved most satisfactory. Prior to two months ago I had not breathed freely through my nose for three years; now 1 am but little bothered in that respect. The paiu has left my head, as have most other disagreeable symptoms. 1 confi dently believe it to be a sure cure.—S. M. Logan, Bynumville, Chariton Co,, Mo. eod&w In the misfortunes of others it is good to leurn what must be avoided. ECZEMA And Every Species of Itching and Burning Diseases Cured by Cuticura. I.^CZEMA, or Salt Rheum, with its agonizing I j itching and burning, instantly relieved by a warm bath with Guticuru Soap, and a single aj> plication of Cuticura, the great Skin Cure. This repeated daily, with two or three doses of Cuti- curu Resolvent, the New Hlood Puriller, to keep the bl )od cool, the perspiration pure and unirri- tatiug, the bowels open, the liver and kidneys active, will speedily cuic Euzcmn, 1 elter, Ring worm, Psoriasis, Lichen, Pruritus, Scald Head. Dandruff, and every species of Itching, Mealy and Pimply Humors of the Scalp and Skin, when the best physicians and ail known remedies fail. IXKldlA. I gratefully acknowledge a cure of Eczema or Salt Rheum, on head. neck, face, arms and legs for s venteen years; not able to walk except on hands atid knees for one year: not able to help myself for eight years; tiied hundreds of reme dies; doctors pronounced my case hopeless; per manently cured by the Cuticura Remedies. WILL MCDONALD, 3542 Dearborn Street, Chicago, 111. KCKEMA. Some five months ago I had the pleasure to in form you of my improvement in the use of the Cuticura Remedies in my case of severe Chronic Eczema Erythematosa, and today cheerfully confirm all 1 then said. 1 consider my cure per fect and complete, and attribute it entirely to your remedies, h ving u«ed no othe»s. FERN AN ES ENCH A RDO. 3.108 Penna Avenue, Fit. Txmis, Mo. EUZU.WA. I have suffered from Salt Rheum for over eight years, at times so bad that I could not attend to my business for weeks at a time. Three boxes of Cuticura and four bott les of Resolvent have entirely cured me of this dre adful riseose. Mu. JOHN THIEL. Wilkesonrre, Pa. CUTICURA HCMERIEN Are sold by all druggists. Trice; Cuticura. 59 cents; Resolvent, (1; Soap, 25 cents. Potter Drug and Chemical Co., Boston. Send for “How to Cure Skin Diseases.” T>T^ ATTTIFYthe complexion and skin by U using the Cuticura Soap. CAN’T BREATHE Chest Pains, Numbness, Soreness, Hacking Cough, Asthma. Pleurisy and inflammation relieved in one .minute by the Cuticura Anti- Pain Plaster. Nothing like it. At druggists. 25 cents. Potter Drug and Chemical Co.. Boston. 0 *d X (P u T o r-4- 0 o THE GREAT Gray Legions. Tireless as the Tide Thai Streets Oar Shores, Restless as t.fo Vanguard of Some Mamnirering Army. Again Sweep* Proudly Onward, and Thunders of Unrival led Prices Mark Our March rr j Towards Fame’s Great Camping Ground, imperative, suc cessive, universal. The secret of success, especially of other folk’s success, not hard to find. In llie case of GRAY, for instance, one need only observe his methods, as disclosed in his business, to learn the reason for his wide and increasing popularity as the Dry Goods King of Georgia. The hour of contest has arrived and we this week throw down our gaunt let of defiance and cliallange the state to a mighty struggle for commercial supremacy. Then you will see so called com petitors bewail their woes and in mute despair gaze at the daily rush always seen at the Trade Palace. To say that we are doing the Dry Goods trade of the town don't express it. Lo!the PricesforThis Week: 5 Cases Best Standard Prints at only 4i cents. 10 Cases 36-inch Momie Suitings at 8 cents, worth 15e. 10 Cases Dice Fig Dress Goods at 5 cents, worth 10c. ,5 Cases Cashmerets Dress Goods at 7 cents,-worth 12i<* 5 Cases Two toned Robes Goods at 10 cents, worth 15c. No one lies as yet been able for 50 cents a yard to match our 40c Rlack Cashmere. We are selling at only 25 cents. Have you seen it ? All our 35c Dress Goods are now on our Big Bargain Gomiler—choice only 12i cents. See Our Imported Combination Dresses For $7.50 and $8 50. They are worth double. In Black Goods, Silks and all kinds of Velvets we beat the town 50 per cent. CLOAKS. PRICE OTTJEOS FIRST. New Stand OUR MAGNIFICENT STOCK —OF— 1 IE 1 fiery it will give you solid and U Moxie Nerve F< durable strungt h. ’Sl'lilitt Li. |)E(H’1.AR MEETING to-morrow (Monday! IX evening at 8 o’clock. Transient brethren in good standing are cordially invited to attend. Now on Exhibition, All Ihe novelties in Felts, Astrakhan and Plush Hats can he found at our store. We a re displaying the mosi elegant line ot Fancy Feathers. Birds’ Wings, etc., ever shown in this market. Special bargains in Ostrich Tips and Plumes. 25 Dozen Misses' and Chil dren’s Trimmed School Hats at from 50 cents up. Our Pattern Hats are now on exhibition. F. W. LOUDENBER, J. F. WISE, N. G. Sec'y. mh^sscly There is no doubt that we have the largest and cheapest stock of Underwear in town. See our Ladies’ 50c Vest; cannot be matched for less than 90c. Special sale litis week of fine Cloaks, Wraps, Blankets and Tibet Shawls. ?. ee Ou r N ew Corsets, A Do Motion and Hosiery Department. Once again Gray’s skillful fingers hike up the chords that thrill Ihe masses, and make sweet music 011 keys that eaa- not fail to touch the people’s purses. Our Excitement Opera this week opens with a grand crash of silver dollars, thrown in such quantities on our counters the tingle and rattling of same startles competition and reverberates through the land in a rythmic measure. For Big, Real, Live Bargains, fail not to call on THE QUiCK SELLERS, OIT-TOP-LIYE-HIOUSE, P. GRAY & CO. LARGEST BUSINESS CONNECTIONS SOUTH, COLUMBUS. AUGUSTA, SAVANNAH, NEW YORK. Prices by us always the Lowest, to suit the time*.