Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-24
Ways Of Comets.

The November Metcors. Of which 50
much was said. and 30 little seen. were
che outfidcrs OF one ~ those splendid
ragrnnfs that occur three ilmoa n cen-
Jury The periOdicity n these displays
Is attributed to the fact thut they .rav-
81 ceascicssly IN circle about the san,
the circumnavirati1n Of which takes
ehcm thrty-thrce years and fraction
The louEth 81 the pageant ID such that
the outrldcrs are n year or two ahend
Of the vanguard. But ultimately they
all get there. u getting there can b.
said TO he. During the last procession
which passed here tho sky was sa fuil
% aerolites as a snnwstorm II full NJ
ilnkcr. Tho attraction which we have
for them II slight n lE as well pore
hapa. People acquainted with tncti
and their kin say that every day we ON.
JOY the visit OF millions of hoildos.
which. were they not consumed by frlo.
ton Of the atmosphofa, would nocea-
aitate the use Of lmuprvi0ua umbrella
The moon has no protection of that
Kind, ami whom li Ia considered how
they mus pound there. lt acoms hut
natural that from Luna lunacy should
be derived. But the point IL elsewhere.
Before the present procession there ran.
as hcralds. perhaps. little comet.
Previously therc was another. Anter-
iorly there were more Thus far ehiH
year thnrc have boon seven. What
they are hos always been delightful
question. Mlupcrtiua who was an ns-
trnnomcr. declared them tn be- lnhib.
itud. After nll. why npt7 Yet n o.. are
not their lnhabitarf 10 be- cnvicdY
Fancy the delight ~ iuurncvinr not
over the world. but over the universe.
of junkeiinT through thr milky way. II
shooting over the nhyssse. aud oxpinr-
ing the w0nderlnnds ~ space.
M1unrritius' idea w1s not ncrcpte 2.
II was too poetic. Vet. n comets nre
not Inhabited. the excellence " their
Influence .a not disputed amy moro. Tho
wines ~ comet yonf1 nrs Just 90 much
velvet Then. 900, the alarm which they
tfcd 20 crcnte has vanished with th9m.
The Hon. lgnatlus ponnslly is ono ~
the last N those whom they frightened.
lie wrote quito n thrilling account "
what would happen should we meet in
collision. liunnn maintained that tho
earth was q fragment which furious
comet had struck from the sun Hut
that IN ancient history. Recently % has
been estimated that the weight ~ u
comet million miles long would not
burden nm infant. Not hong ago was nne
seen 90 approach nud euveiop Jupfrr.
The latter dld not mind In the least.
We may oven nssunr That II liked n.
Auf0p1s 90 which there IL announced
aH preparation y chart ~ the heavens,
which when complete VIII show abe pos
pltlon of every star Mp 10 the fourteenth
magnitude nH readily ns "a town on 4
man. Tho possibility ~ making n
photography suggested. ~ was found
| that tho camera could retain stan
which the telescope could not intercept
one ard ~. they aggregate thus f1f
about sixty millions How many more
| there nre Imagination n incompetent N
rufmise. There arc stars 10 remote
| that before their liFht has reached M
| they have ceased ~ he ncyond them
are other stars. other syHtcma. Other
worlds wherever IN ita WEAKNESS i'm.
/ aglnntion would set n limit there 4
/ space begun The subject might Inter
81 those whom their own importance
| hntherH. said Tennvabn: what nre We
/ but pickering rnata In the glare ~ a
million. million u suns 7"-EsRar Saltul
/ IN Golfers Weekly.