The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-03-21
The Star Of Bethlehem.

There have appeared from time TO
time within the past few years notices
of thu expected reappearance of the
"Star of Bethlehemn In the conssella-
ton Cassiopeis, with dark surmises as
to the ominous results TO the world and
to humanity which its coming Is to
foreshadow. As an instance of the kind
of speculation in which some minds de-
light, the following may be quoted:
ssIn1SS7 the .Stsr of Bethlehem, will
be once more seen jim sCassippeia's
chair, and it will Be aecompaniedN bys .
total eclipse of the sun and moon Jhisl
star only makes its appearance every
SIS years. Ii will appear and illumine
the heavens and excel in brilliancy even
Jupiter when in opposition to the sun.
and, therefore, nearer to the earth and
brightest. The marvellous brilliancy of
the star of Bethlehem In 1877 viii sur
pass any of the previous visitations. It
will be seen even ut MONDAY, shining
with qufck, flashing light the entire
year, after which IL will gradually de-
crease In brightness and finally disap-
pear, not TO return TO our heavens ill
the year 2202, Or SIS years from 1887.
This star Rrst attracted The sttention
Of modern la4rononers in the year 15T2
1t was then called q -aewA star.SIt was
no new star, however, for this was the
star that shone 50 brightly B. c., and
was the star thar illumined the heavens
at the nativity Of Christ ft has reap
peared every 3l5 years since, and every
educated astrolofer Is certain that Il
win appear IN August, 1887. Tho ap-
pearance Of the star, accompanied as 1t
win be by solar and lunar ecIipses, to-
gether with the baleful influence that
10 lows the positions thai Mars and
Saturn VIII occupy, viii cause uni
versA war and sportentous floods ard
fearful shipwrecks. North America will
Of terror wilI prevail in the Atlantic
it. There viii be war Of ciasses-the
rich viii, array themselves against the
poor, and vice sersa, everywhere"
Whoever viii cast his eye upward
about six o'clock on clear evening will
perceive the constellation 4Cassiopeia,
lying in the milky way, nearly overhead,
q liLtle In the north OF the zenith. 1t is
in this constellation, according to the
prophet above quoted, that the messen-
ger of dread is TO appear. There are
five bright stars in it, forming, with one
or Two fsiuter ones, the fga,e of an in
vsrted chair. The chair Is not difficult
to discover, and no doubt those gifted
with "a powerful imagination can sue
eeed IN seeing the lady who is supposed
"a Be sitting IN it. e-...4--
The last appearance of the Star of
bethlehem has been best described by
Tycko Brahe, the Danish astronomer.
On the night OF the nth of November,
1872, aTycho's attention was drawn TO
q brilliant and unknown star In the con-
steIlstion Cassiopeia. The following is
his own statement in regard to 1t:
"when I Quilted Germany to return
to the Danish coasts stopped IN the
ancient cloister, admirably situated. of
Herritzwaldt, belonging 70 my uncle,
Steuon Bile, and became accustomed
there to remain in my chemical labora-
tory till the fall of night. One evening
as l was surveying, as usual, the celes-
tial vatllt, The aspect Of which Is so ia
miliar to me, / saw with indie -cribable
astonishmeut near the zenith in Cassi-
opeia = radiant star of extraordinary
size. Struck with surprise, | could
scarcely believe my eyes. To convince
M self that there was no illusion and to
gather the testimony of other persons,
had the wOrkmen Come out who were
occnDied in my laboratory, and L asked
them, rs we'll as all the passers by, IL
they saw ike me the star which had
just suddenly spPeaced. learned later
that IN Gernlsny scme ews goners and
otsecsof tm common people had ap-
p,ised tbe astronomers Of great sp.
pafition in the SKY, Which has furnished
oceGsiOn 10 renew the raiiIer es again {
leaFuedsmeR ps m the case OF comet.
whose Coming Ind not be n fore>een.
Tsis i me great ~ r.,iam -r,s .ce.ount
~ - lssr.=.t t.f-s7 IStsf7sl ErThts con-
81, cred the adj ssst0f fhis -. r of iIn sors-
q 90 enough 20 " rile a bo,k specially on
tie s-,b:ect- TIE tar received The name
e the Fi!yTsm. bat ,t nss alsp oeea
r 4 ihe : or ~ s'th'chem iris "
I. Ssti.ee ieis "a. = IA ne -kT, nc nd
4. 'nPiter. Sht;h vas ihsa se its
brszl,test. H. c1nii"usd to shine dur
/, me rest OF the pom. h with iu>ier so
Z es1s - % be visl5.e 20 sDuie peeso.ls IN