The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-09-28


line this season. OF coune, there IL Away
. steady demand for suns, and we have
started seven Or eight sun farms in tn,
provinces this summer, and Dome Of then
are we'll uuder way now, 60 that We shall b,
fully able 10 meet the demand next season
unless there should come blight, which
we hardly expect"
"What 10 the nature OF q sun blight?
asked q Graphic reporter. 100
Perhaps you do not fully understini
the way in which the universe 10 run
said Orion. whistling to his dog, which had
been growing at the bear. lit Is very
large and important industry. 80 far rs
We have been able to survey the grounds,
the material universe Ia great sphere OF
globe. All the discrets stars that you see
on fine night down your way In the solar
system belong 10 the same congariea In
fact. / may ssy that they are I'll In this
here milky way, which, as you Zee, use
as counter in my shop. It extends
through sufficient amount OF space for my
purposes, and allows me- some elbow.ro0r
70 that things are not cluttered up, IS thi 4,
sometimes are in other places. Here" 5
continued, opening 3 small drawer behind
the counter. here, for instance, you can
see how I keep my comets, which com.
mand 500 each on the earth now owing 10
the enterprise OF patent medicine man Of
the world. The price should BE- higher;
but no matter, We arc willing to let them
go at that rate." .r.-r
The reporter bent over the counter and
took look at the comets as they lay there
cleaning, now bright as rubies and now
with pale opalescent light Orion ran bis
hngers through them and eaid: 5-,ss
"Now, here is q particularly fine one.
Plantamour ordered it some ten years ago,
but, owing to the fact that one Of my best
vorknen got drunk and fell last asleep in
Caesiopeia's chair when he was bringing
bis work to the shop, 1t was not here in
time, and Plantamour, after making great
row, refused to take it. Two or three
months ago Camille Flammarion wanted to
buy II, but declined to give the price,
which, being only so, was dirt cheap. Ii
q man wants 10 destroy the earth with q
comet he ought TO be willing to pay good
price for good piece OF work. See here,
now! What do you think Of that 2" o,.i
As he spoke he took the comet out oil
the drawer, unwound Its tail, and pro.
ceeded 10 measure il from star 10 star, as
the stars were studded like brass nail heads
along the counter. -a.".r.'s.i.- s..3'tsr 81
'.There," said be, "the tail measures, as
It lies, just $50, 000, 10000 miles, good
measure, and il is all wool; no shoddy or
brummagem Encke stuff so fimsy that It
tear and breaks all up in couple Of trips
around your sun. And look Of the head.
Isn't that a daiy7 Oh, no; gues, not"
As he spoke he gathered the comet in
his hand and then, keeping tight grip on
the head, rose 10 his full height and, rails.
ing his hand 10 his shoulder, sent the tail
sizzing through the universe till it foated
lar OFT past Alpha LYME and past Gemini,
till its extremity almost touched Sirius on
its way toward the solar system. Then, al.
ter calling the reporters attention to Its
size-"We keep them Of all sixes," he said,
'and various brilliances," and then be
wound 1t up on his foreinger, and put II
back In the drawer, remarking as he did
DO that There must have been fine case
Of aurora on the earth Just now" as, y,,
{ AA0h 40 <oAklduC0. oub kuld ID uOk WlHL
you were sent to interview me about. You
wanted to know about the universe. 81.
down there on that aocculus and will tell
you all know about it As was saying
all the discrete stars that you see are In the
nebulA Of which the earth is but q speck
and, indeed, the whole solar system is &C
ANAL that il celestial lapidary were to BEL
it be would certainly have to use pair O.
compound double million magniiyinI
glaasesol heItra power Just to See the gems
Your nebula II in the shape Of q disc
something like biscult-and you fellowi
are in it. and 1t is about evenly slrewn will
stars- Nov, imagine this biscuit to lii
on . table, and each star to b,
one speck Of -four. Now, you beip,
in that biscuit II you look of towart
tho edge Of the biscuit, Of course yol
will See the grains Of -four apparently mucl
closer together-ior there Is such q thick
pess Of then-than you will it:you Just
cook your eye .pp toward the fiat side
where, Of course, there are not tso; many
Now, when you chaps on the eArtb 'lool
of toward the edge Of your biscuit Of /
nsbuls With stars for flour, you see q grea
white streak In the sky which youcall III,
milky way-that 10 to say, you see thi
counter, But when YOU look toward th,
flat side, OF course you don't see 90 man,
stars, and you see them with great inter
walls between them. That Is 10 say, you
see me and the other consultations as dis
crete stars Well, that's your universe D,
you twig mel Sayeyalt { y i1iI:it
i"Clear as mud" said the reporter. "Bu
you were going 10 tell me about the SUI
lsrms YOU have planted this season"
'SThai's what was coming TO-" sait
Orion, twisting an annular nebula tina
epaYkled on Ills little finger. "You se
this ring, With the big solitaire. Well
this u . little picture OF the equator OF tn
universe, II / may use the expression, M,
the brilliant Ia pretty fair three.cara
sun. II you take powerful telescope yol
will see that some collections Of bsigh
sparklers In the aky, 50 ar away from ID
earth that ! wonder at your ever seein
them at all, are lresolyable! into discreet
stars, while some are not, and some thA
arc not 30 receivable are nearer TO yo
than others that you can separate. Blu
take them all in all, the nebul
10 which your system belongs 10 Z
little; type Of others that are, scatteret
here and there through space, an,
which, 50 faI as Il have observed, max
altogether great sphere. Looked At b,
| Ill 6ltbidey tho msterial universe youl,
appear like i soap.bub6le, ID Which laytj
Of smoke were scattered about. Now, 4
planting sun farms We take the nav mate
rial Of nebu!a, as hot as can be borne b
the hand, arrange them in rings; Get thel
ItFirlips After the fashion Of Pc yorte!
ma II lMp. WetR Mpy have cooled &
they bsco@s selAF sI!tfms Ieaay toF p
paikkA Systems like youn Te general
sa sPs @sissss 81 aRSs' ten
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