Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-11-14

! tor the fsSitGHf" work i1r. u uGElns was
to undertake., u wiz Init last winter
that the instrasacr't Mas rr,tiy iorwork
but already DR.. Rupa,hs has obtained
! the
MOST WONDERFUL News snCs TRE
| STARS
with its MD He finds that mary If
the stars are travelling far more swiftly
than had been supposed Arcturus,
for example, is travelling towards us at
the rate of somo fifty miles per second,
and AZ his thwart motion is fully as
great { for this stars distance has been
estimated), the actual velocity with
which be is Speeding through space
cannot be less than seventy nils per
second, Other stars are moving ct::.h
corresponding velocity. But amidst
the motions thus detected nr. IIugeln.
has traced the signs Of hw Filss
he can trace tendency smong the
stars in cue part Of the heavens to ap-
proach the earth, while the stars in
the opposite part Of the heavens are
receding from us ; aud the stars which
are approaching lie on that side of the
heavens towards which licrschal long
since taught us that .hc sun is travel
ing But thofe are stars not ohcying
this simple law and among these Dr.
Hugg;nS recognizes instances of that
community of II otion which q modern
student of the tars has given the name
Of
srAR-pRIFr.
lt,ha2pens indeed that one Of the
most remarkable of these instances re-
latcs to five well-knowu stars, which
had been particularly pointed to as
forming drifting set. 1t had been
asserted more than two years ago that
certain dyc stars of the plow or
Charles's Vain the stars known toI
astronomers as Beta, Gamma, Delta,
Epsilon and Heta of the Great Bear
are drifting bodily through space
The announcement seemed 10 many
very daring, yet its author (trustiug in
the mathematical analysis Of the evil
denee) expressed unquestioning conf,
denre He asserted, moreover, that
Whenever Ir lluggins applied the new
method Of research ha would find that
those five stars are either all approach
inc OF all rccoliug, and at the same
rate, from the earth. The result has
justified his confidence as well in his
theory as in DR.. Hqggips 5 mastery of
the new method. Those Gyo stars nrc
found 10 be all ruccdjng from the earth
at the rate Of about thirty miles per
second. The n,snlt ut once Illustrates
the interesting nature fDr. lluggi0s :
discoveries, aud affords
PROMISE or FUTURE REVELATIONS
even more interesting The theories
hitherto accepted respecting the con-
stitntion of the stellar universe have
been tried against the views recently
propouHdcd, with result decidedly inI
favor Of the Iattor. We may fccl ms
sured chat the matter win not rest herr,
\ simple and decisive piece of evidence,
such rs that we have described, will
invite many to examine aircsh the the
cries respecting the stellar hcaycus
which have so long been received un
4pastoniugly The theory of star
iglt is associated with others equally
noe cl, aud which admit equally well
Of being put 70 the test we venture
to predict that before many years have
passed there will be recognized ia the
Star depths "atlcty Of constitution
and complox, ! 81 arrangement start.
iugly contrastcd with the general uni
tormity Of structure recognized in the
teachings at present accepted.