The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-12-21

and Asia we have learned much about the motions OF these
interesting bodies and Of their relations to the solar system
last wear we could say that they permanent members
of our system But whether they travelling IN cir
nar orbits being species of pockepanets, as 1t We're or
whether they went down in their orbits past Venus and
,rv towards the sum- whether they went off in long
rbits ike the comets could then say. There
five orbits either of which would explain their reappear
ance at intervals of 33 81 years Now however, we can
saw that the is their true path and that IN the interval
between one display and the next they travel out to the
remoer portions of the solar SYSTEM past Mars Jupiter and
Saturn to the neghborhood of Uranus 900 Of miles
from But we have learned more BY most interesting
discovery we have been made that In this group OF
small bodies and probably the front part OF IT. is
of respectable dimensions In FACT we are held TO the
conclusion that each member of the group however small
that number may be- is itself small comet In January
1866 the principal comet crossed that point IN the earh
orbit at which the 18th of each November The
swarm of smaller ones followed doubtless closely after it
Ten months later in November reached the stream and
plunged through it. 1t was 900 miles in thickness and
was sweeping along the rate of 500 miles minute For
hours it furnished to the Europeans and Asatcs
magnificent display of fireworks The phenomena answered
in every particular to the previous predictions How long
the stream do not know In 1885 we cut through It,
apparently not far from the comet During the whole year.
as believe it sweeping past, and IN November
1888 again plunged through it, at distance OF SIX or
seven hundred millions of miles from the comet 10 the
magncence of the display that time witnesses can
testify Before November 1884, however, the denser portion
of the column had evidently marched by for we then met
only few struggling members of the group This year we
cross the stream two millions of miles nearer the
comet than the place where we crossed 1t IN 1854
BONNIE DEMONSTRATION has misrepresented Graham
of Cayerhouse Viscot Dundee Many of the sins of
obscrer Graham have been lifted the shoulders OF Caver-
house. and been kept tightly there by his enemies SO 1t
with the Penns As far at all events as regards
the town of Dundee Bloody Claver designation not
accepted there One of his first acts Constable of Dundee
when he found many thieves under sentence OF dea was 70
petition the council their lives 1t would be hitter
he said that their crmes should be punished arbitrarily
than by deatho And the council needed Claverhouses
accommodation to mercy and gave him leave to wp or
Danish thieves he cause But the widow OF Dundee
affords better subject for ballad than any of the instances
here produced. \ after Kilecrankle, Livingstone
Nscount Ksyth in the garden of Cozum House. Stirling
shire whispered the fair widows found way to her
heart and put ring her finger bearing the motto Zoor
onnly and Euer which meant to be English for Yours
only and ever This Jacobe couple wedded and in few
years had leave the country The lady had previously
n 1894 dropped the ring from her finger In the garden OF
Cozium and by research could be discovered Inns
betokened uck realized in the Punishment; and full OF
fresh apprehension of evil the banished household set up
new home Rotterdam Episcopalan the lady was she
there heard the famous Robert Fleming preach-that prophet
Who in 1701 foretold humbng of the French monarchy
in 1894 On OCCASION when Lady Ksyth was present.
Fleming is said have alluded to impression he yalny
strove against that before many hours calamity would
after the widow of Dunee her infant and the
crushed death by the fall of the roof of the house IN which
they seated. Mother and child privately buried
in kisyth church. and old may yet be living wbo
when young children looked the two bodies they lay
in coffin which opened ninety years after Its
nterment. Not many years subsequently, man digging
soil in Cozium garden turned up ring with motto on 1t
as above described the token of love which Kyth
above hundred years before, had given to the widow Of
Dundee when he awoong and the loss of which had
filled the lady with supersttous fear