The Opelousas courier., 1882-10-07
The Comet.
NO.Statas.

seen between the hours 4 4 and
B in the morning, is so bw that
. it's difficult to catch aglimpse
of It. The following additional
information concerning this
fiery stranger is takenfrom the
report of the Washington OBJ
servatory
We may even havethe comet
! crashing into the sumneXt year.
What the results of that crash
may be is yet q problem to be
solved. 1trmust nov be conced-
ed that a comet hasa solid nu-
cleus. The nucIeusof the Wells
Comet. was distinctly seen III 81
conservation at the Dudley OBJ
servatory on june IL last, and
was estimated to be not less
than four hundred miles in di-
ameter. The NUCLEUS ofthe pres
ent comet is Probably much
greater, aud wien we remem-
Der that this comet will rush into
the sun with a velocity of four
hundred miles per second, no
one can venture ian adequate or
accurate estimate of the posi-
BILE consequences. Whenever
that event shah happen it will
be important fdr astronomers to
have some waning.
FortuhateIytthe elements of
this comet Indicate that it will
be- much longer in view than
were either ofthe comets in 1913
.and 1880, so that there will be
some chance to determine the
orbit, and thus the time which
must elapse before it comes back
again. Again, this comet will
have the advantage of having
excited most intense interest,
and it viii, therefore, be observ-
ed with frequency and care such
as have fallen to the lot of no
comet in the history of astron-
omy. According to the present
elements the comet was 10000
900 miles from the sun on Sept.
70, and %, 1000 600 on the Dist.
On the former date it was 1885,
900, 600 miles from the earth,
and on the latter 1917, 900, 900
miles. 1t is thus going away,
both from the sun and the earth.
There is not the least doubt Of
this.
Things are growing livelier
from day to day in the Third
Congressional District. There,
politics are in a redho condition.
How the queer congIomeration
will boil in the cauldron is an
unsolved problem. Each seems
bent on making the best fight
possible under the circumstan-
ces. Our opinion is that Kel-
logg will beat Beattie all the
way through, leaving Acklen to
get the balance. He may be
making a good fight, but we can
not diyest our mind of the i'm
preston that the Democracy of
his District do not take to him
kindly. Evidently there is q
screw loose somewhere! Look
to it Democrats, in time Il
Vest Bottom Rouge Sugur Planter.
Give stolen u coat" said IL
man to a lawyer, "and l want
You to defend me. Think you
can prove me innocent 2" 90,
yes we can prove that you
were in an adjoining township
when the coat was stolen and
that the prosecution is mali
cious." How much will you
CHARGE" "What sort of a coat
is it r. " First-rate never been
worn any" Well, / won't
charge you anything. just give
me the coat.n-Arkansas Tr0rel-
eg-.
A loving populace First
Russian officer" Do you think
the coronation will pass off
peacefully ~ Second ditto
"Think? / am snre it will.
The Gar was never more popu-
lar than he is at this moment.
Why the people are ready to ex-
altshim to the skies" First Of
fieer-IsknoW it; but they may
do il With dynamite" French
Fun.
An Arkansas editor, in retir-
ing from the editorial control
of q newspaper, said, 1t is with
q feeling of sadness that we re-
tire from the active control of
thispaper, but we leave our Jour-
nal with d gentleman who is
nhlnrs fhan NO ara financially.