, 1873-01-02

oldest rars Of the story however, yet to come. The
year 1859 brought ROUND ho 2 time for their r9.ai.. i.
tho fane distance from each ohor. ana both visible IN
ONO telescope" ..-..
over when Ierachci wrote tio above lines. Dnt, bo
foro passing to relate the fate Of hn comet may
DO well o corrsss ow Of s n a IN s s
cause it is good specimen OF Sir John Households moro
familiar style OF science -wrltiug>.
had ta o. well as head, coma, and nucleus. Then;
tho object passing out OF view in 1916 tue tWo
fanco Ietweon then waa attninel about March .
1916, amounted to about 157 ayD miles,. On tho re.
turn Of tho double c9m IN 1ss2 ts sspse haa
BIT bud Increased to abou. 1,25ooo0 miles. It IL
worthy q notice. IN rassng tint pantsmour, ~ o.
worlds destruction bys comet on Aug. IL, Inst, was
mistakenly assigned tho paths OF both ths
coronpuls, an tho motion Of the conlats were found
to oEreo yory closely with Ills results during the whoe
time tho comets continued visible.
Ia 49, the comet probably returned Il pnt IS In IN
close to tho sua place to permit the comet to be 6ecn
Isay tha: tho comet probably returned because wo
wlero il had forinely divided and nataod from the
suns noghborlood tho outer parts Of ts orhi
during s pAssago pnst tho aun ii 1850 Is not known.
1t will presently bo that IN all probability the
iuss in 'a' Il i which
US to believe that the comet returned In 1865, would
lead Us to believe that Il It pasxed away again unin.
in 1866. But 1866 came the path Of THO comet was
assRncd; astronomers looked forward with interest
Two eomroneat eoss s'fs Lad sepsrsod from each
other :-and no comet appeared Ieleseopes
pss Of so waoe sna @ sa N %hh tho
segions Of tho heaven. lit une1plorod but not q
trace Of tho comet could anywhere ho nccn. There
waa not the slightest room for questioning tho &C,
curacy Of the calculations BY which the path had
destroyed undlnsipated tho comet would follow tho
assigned rath,as certain rs station-nlaater would
be TINT train would sntcr station along the ltne Of
should occur Now comets do not make mistakes but,
es we hey are not freq from Tic stsk nf acci
accident, being brohcn by aone Intachance into two
parta under thp very eyes Of astronomers. Probably
hap to astronomerH in Venus Mercury at any rate,
soe!hng haa happened to tae comet snSe y its retreat
Ill., sc oS IL OF ors lbs Soen recompat con
I'd, aid erhomoriB" Qiat Is. account Of its mo-
on from hour to no%s9 ,;. 9 Astrono-
former ezperlense, oae1s to hs7e been eoaspicn.
tho ernngeut thcories At Ill events, seems to avo
fairly disappeared, and TINT without any such excuse
traeon Of some Fres panst Can t syo into
contact exceedingly close approach to some asroid
nS so SS qn 81 Ga
Rbich astronomers moro tAau suspect 2"
It is supposed that this dissipation Of the
comet was due to collision with metooric cur
ents, or to tho dyellent action Of the sun. There
anyo boon other cases Of this kind recorded:
Seneca rclates that Erhorus, an ancient Greek
shiuR was seen to divide se into two distinct bod
les. The Roman philosopher appears to doubt the
Ss ~ a
@ fhes es aeF
region Of the heavcns in tho year l618 were tho
fragmonts Of comet that lad experienced similar
II he OF Il s
symntoms Of breahin8 up Of the body Into dstinct
The soo $a Wen 1ss aesn IN the onth
tratcd light Oh ths 8th Of December It seemed to be
divided into seseral paris On the 2o!h of tho same
vcus states that he himself Witnessed Biilar ap-
peasanco in the head Of the comet Of 1861.
IA DIALOGUE FROM rLATo"
le spirited peco Of verse, 20 different from the
aow in idea that wo reproduce it entire. It Ia
2receded by a French motto to the eifcct that
lost time ts the best employed:
I'd tread " threa hours. Tho te1t-for mo
Had grown ono drowsy bllrring;
In bounced Il blundering bs.Rblo-bee,
That hlled tho room with whirrng,
Then out The windows LEAKAGE swsys,
And, parted soft, d!scloseB
Miss d., with hat and book maze
OF muslin tt1xta rosts.
"Youro reading Greek" IT am-and you7"
10, mines mere ronancerE
"Bo plato Is " "Then read Lin-do;
And III read mipo In answer"
Tread. "Hy Plato plato, too.--
That Wisdom thus should hnrdenn
peclares Blue eyeh look doubly blue
Beneath Dolly Vardon.'"
shc smiled. "aIy book in turn avcrs
81 don't quite know who wrote ~
That aolusinea thoso Philosophers
"~Ara not correctly quoted."
"Dut hcar,-the next's In strancor style:
DloKcneB asserted
That Two rcd Ups which part and nmllo
May not bo controverted.''
She smiled once moro" My book, I SEQ,
Observes so1ne modern doctors
Would make tho Cynics out to be
Mere nlbuln-verao concoctoro.n
Then I-"why not? 'AthenIan law,
No less than limos tradition,
Enjolhel awect apeccl On all vito saw
Dlana's aprar!t!on.'"
shc bushed-this ttmc. "If rato's page
No Wiser preccrt teaches,
Then I'd renouuce TINT doubtful eaEe,
And walk to Burlham Deccllts."
"Agrced, III aaid. " For aocratca
Il tnd lo too Ia talkng)
Thinks 3in y. Learning ;e can't ret,atn at case
Willie beauty goes a-walin8."
6lo read no more. leapt tho sIll
Tho aoquelH scarce eagoAtla-
My, more than this, hold u still
"profoundly conhdential."
Faust for English Readers" IL comparative
teyiow OF Dayarl Taylor'y, Anstcr'B Martins,
aud l1ny%atlH tranBlationa aud yorElllcatios!B Of
ioothoh great work.
:, Lord so!borno, erst Sir nounlell Palmer, is
Tho
" LITERARY LEuIsLATon"
nf whom Henry lIuibeacA writes. Among othor
things le gays;
4 worry good idea Of tho qualities Il usa the word
F1th Tho French etnVnahts Vi meahinE) or Lord Sci
borne might be gathered from thu lJok at Iratac'
Especially ftun tho trcfarn snd the Notey. noytrenco:
she tendency to Hlnnl upon tbs atent ways tho die.
position to 1nase the earth rrst uEon the aehInt and
le elephant upon the tortoaet without my cocor for
9th Of jusl!co mud of k.uaEtss: lis
ratlent nscety, OF oppression proper to
man. ls1Te1 snS man 'aY;ysr bess ss.r snt]s
spry susfacc, anl lucy carry yau !nn; way III any
opinion you nlRy 10 forming IT ihr ,'al Tnrru i.
something If thu man If tbs U =, 4:.sl tI:,re IL
y1taa ous!vua ea'ho4c!ty 04v oi tav Aymus sAoavu