The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-11-29

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recent disturbances
In the heavenly bodies have encouraged
some to believe that great astronomical
phenomenon Is approaching. Accord
ing to the calculations Of the past the
star should appear some time between
1890 and 1895. and the presen, year
being the last OF the tlmc set FOR fl.
there Is considerable anxiety displayed
by those Interested I'm the question. In
the year 1879 the star appeared The last
time. and OF its appearance then We
have the most Trustworthy account.
"Ono evening as I was watching the
heavens IN my accustomed manner"
Tyoho Braho writes. II saw. to my as
tonishmcnt, In the constellation Of Cas-.
slopeia, brilliant star OF unusual clear
ness" A few nights before this the
author-astronomcr. Cornelius Comma,
saw the star. and called II the new
Venus" Both men thought this won
dcrfully brilliant phenomenon or the
heavens was the old star OF Bethlehem.
and to- appearance at that time Tailed
with Us periodical appearance In 1864.
9i5. $50 and 3i5. In 1864 the Bohemian
astronomer ana astrologcr, Cyprlan To-
witz, gives an account Of the appearance
In the heavens Of wonderfully at-
tractiyc star that had not been there
before In his accounts we have stint
lar descriptions Of the strange visitor.
appearing suddenly aud moving grad
ually away. until finally swallowed up
In space. To him, also. we are indebted
for an account OF the same star which
appeared In gi5. when the heavens
seemed to be lighted up by this strange
heavenly phenomenon. The Chinese
chronlclcrs. who watched tho heavens
with great care. also mention the APP
poarnnce OF comet or new heavenly
body, which they thought meant dlsas-
ter TO their crops. II did not bring any
~ luck to the country. and the common
people then attributed ita appearance
to their good gods. and they rejoiced
that the "ono-oyed" was looking down
upon ,hom.
There have been altogether twenty
six historical accounts OF tho appear
anco OF strange new starn Ia tho honv-
ems. Many Astronomers reason from
this that should an unusually brilliant
star appear this year. II would not In
dlcrtc thnt Il was the old star OF Beth
lohem. They say that the wise mon
simply raw Venus NJ the time Of its
greatest snlcndnr Others assume that
the star was occnsionod by the conjunc-
ffnn nf t,tuwnte a.. thut 10 ,ts.a , .a..,.f
In 1926 the German astronomer Idclcr.
auggoftcd that the star was a conjunc-
ton OF planeta, ana Enckc repeated Il
In 1881. TO support their theory. they
show that there was conjunction cf
Jupiter, Mara ana Saturn In September
OF the year 8 y. c.
During the last year unusual dis
turbanccs and appearances IN the hony-
emily bodies have boon noticed by the
scientists. as " they were somewhat
affected by the attractive force OF an
other body not regularly acting upon
them More metoorlc nhowcr8 have
been reported IN the southern part OF
the world than usual. and storms OF
great destructlyeness have swept over
the whole globe, Tho coldnoss OF the
last winter Is attributed by astronomers
to the Influence OF the planets, and
whenever comet has approached the
earth In the past, unusual weather has
prevailed beforehand. as II TO announce
It's coming. Moreover, the powerful
telescopes now used for scanning the
heavens reveal IN unusual number "
ecllpses as II the disturbance had
caused some OF the lesser bodies to tray
81 little out OF their courses. The
wonderful variable star Algol. In Pere-
sus, FOR instance, has constantly OF late
undergone great changes A dark body.
almost as large as Algol. has several
tlmea blotted out its existence from our
view. The appearance OF this huge black
object Is mystery TO astronomers to-
day. Then the SHOWS OF Mars. which
have so long been visible to powerful
telescopes have gradually disappeared.
Early last October II was reported that
the polar snow cap OF Mars had en-
tirely disappeared. No such rapid and
unexplained disappearance OF the snow
on the earth or on Mars has ever before
been reported. Jupiter, In It's recent
appearances, has been more brilliantly
belted than ever before, and as II rises
IL displays an unwonted profuson OF
color, Venus has been shrouded in
more or less showers OF meteors. so that
IT'S face could not be seen distinctly,
but whom the atmosphere did for a short
time clear up, It shono with unusual
brllliancy. Its brightness In the last
few months has attracted considerable
attention, even among those who are
not expert star gazers" All OF these
facts, taken in conjunction with the
changing condition OF the weather upon
tho earth, have led many to predict the
approach Of something unusual in the
solar system. This object Will, very
likely, be a new star, comet or wonder
iul conjunction OF two or more planets,
or the long-looked-for star OF Bethle-
hem.