The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-07-14
A TWO-TAILED AFFAIR.

The Astronomers have discovered a new
comet. |, was first noticed on the 2lst oil
June, from the Cambridge Observatory
Prof. WATSON, Of the Michigan Observatory
says the comet is undoubtedly a stranger
to our system--that il has been observed
on three different evenings, and tue observ.
atoms show that it passes its perihelion, o,
point Of its orbit nearest the sun, on tbs
10th Of June, at n distance from the sun Of
twenty nine millions Of miles. 1t 10 now
rccsting from the sun and approaching the
earth. It will be nearest the earth on the
18th Of July. and will then be distant from
us forty.two millions of miles.
The comet will be the brightest on the
18Th inst, aud since the moonlight will not
interfere at that date, it will present mag
nifeent appearance. 1t is now moving rap
idly toward the south and east, but will
continue visible until tho beginning Of Au-
gust.
The "local" Of The Chicago Press & 7ri-
b8Rf, mus upts tue CJuet wv
tailed Comet is coming this way. Mr..
Bead, Of the Cambridge Observatory. has
go; his eye, armed with an "extra million
magntfying power" lorgnette on the blur
Gated celestial stroller. lie seems TO be
steering sarthward (the two-tailed fellow,
not Mr.. Bond and is coming head on.
How the comet came TO have two tails IS
not stated. but it seems to be owing to a
split. Will not Mr.. Bond OF the Cambridge
Observatory, look little closer and see If
this forked continuation of the Comet Of
1860 is not labelled on either "iiae, ""brses
and Lane" and Little Dug" We war
rant that Comet and Baltimore have some
connection.
Mr. Bond says this Comet looks some
thing like an old Comet that he remembers,
but "on q smaller SCALE" and with the
difference that ''the tail branches Of IN two
streams from toe nucleus"
Here isa eeiucidenee worth noting by tho
Democracy that come cut in 1850 ION a
reduced scale, with tail branching of in
I've streams from the nGcleus.' The mat.
Ter locks decidedly serioas, aud something
must be done. Caaldn't there be a mass
meeting held in Jupiter, for instance, and
the Comet induced TO run with only one
tail. the ether done np in double bow
knot. or driven in, or twisted M With its
fellow
Owing 80 i;s present draygiea.aiied con-
disieu and reduced SCALE" Mr.. Bond, who
is keen fellow, ard used to comets, does
net prophecy a very brilliant future for this
Comet, bat says, "there IS no dsab. that
this Gene; is approaching the earth. though
owin< 10 the strong moonlight. its low Pc
sitioa aud It's Increasing distance from the
sun, it is doubtful whether il will become
very conspicuous to The naked eye" Tia:
IS Il, aud tells the sory-s'tso-.a:iei,-le'r
position dsssaat from the sus-:eo mach
Light" No ~enicr The Comet Of lsel
will nos "sscome very consrjcaoas.' We
shall expect to hear that ali fassse Comets
of responsibility viii cut this svo-sailea
reduced fellow, dead. How OF party that
answers to Ike description Alas fs'
The two tailed Democracy, Signs, both
in aeavea aai en earth are against them.
Hen. JEFF. Davis failsveS! Ir. B.ecx.
snrieSs 10 : speech =, wsshinssor, OF
Mcnaay night, in the course Of whssh hs
SAID. that when Mr.. Van barren proved an
tina The lar, ~ -.