The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-11
Ways of Comets.

Edgar saltus in Golfers Weekly.
The November meteors, of which 80
much was said, and so little seen were
the outriders Of one Of those enlandid na.
Seants that occur three times a century
The periodicity Of these dtsplavs is at.
triputed to the fact that they travel cease
lessly IN circle about the sun. the cir
cunnaVagation of which takes them thir.
y-tnree years and a fraction The length
OF the pageant is such that the outriders
are year or two ahead of the vanguard.
but ultimately they all get there, if get
ing there can be said to be- During the
iasL procession which passed here the sky
was as full of aerolites as a snowstorm is
fun Of fakes The attraction which wa
nave for them is slight. 1t is as well
perhaps. People acquainted with them
ana their kin say that every day we en-
JOY the visit of millions of bolides. which,
were they nos consumed by the friction
Oh the atmosphere, would necessitate the
use OF impervious umbrellas The moon
mas no protection of that kind, and when
It IS considered how they must pound
thefe' Il seems but natural that from
Luna lunacy should be derived. But the
point IS elsewhere. Before the present
procession there ran, as herald perbaps a
mite comet Previously there was an
other. Anteriorly there were more. Thus
Tar THIS year there have been seven Whar
lhey are has always been a delightful
question Maupertius, who was an as
tronomer, declared them to be inhabited.
after an why not? Yet if so are not
their Inhabitants 10 be envied? Fancy the
deliSht OF journeying not over the world.
put over the universe, of junketing through
the Milky Way Of shooting over Tie
apysses, and exploring the wonderlands 4
space
Mauperris idea was not accepted II was
TOO poetic. Yet, If comets are not inhab-
Ned' the excellence of their influence IS
hot disputed any more The wines %
comet years are just so much velvet. Then,
100 the alarm which they used to create
mas vanished with them The Hon. Isna-
Hus Donheliy IS one of the last Of thcse
Whom they frightened. He wrote quite Il
thrilling account Of what would happen
should We meet in a collision. Button
maintained that the earth was a fragment
Mhlch furious comet had struck from
Ihe sun Bur that Is ancient history. Re-
Gently II has been estimated that the weight
OF comet million miles long would noe
burden an Infant Not long ago one was
seen to approach and envelop Jupiter Tt5
latter did not mind il in The least. Wa
may even assume that Il liked IT, Apropo5
10 Wh'ch there IS announced as In prepare
$1,000 - H+HlA VI AAiF heavens WHICH WIG -
complete Will show the position Of every
star up TO the fourteenth magnitude 90
readily as town on a map The posi-
DIZZY Of making St photography suggested.
IL was found that the camera could re-
tan stars which che telescope could nos
intercept. one and all they aggregate thus
far abou e9,0O0o0. How many more there
are Imagination is incompetent 10 sur-
mise There are stars 20 remote that their
lBht takes thousands OF years 10 rsa
us. There are others 80 remote that Pre-
fore ther Eah. has reached us fbcy hlfs
ceased 20 Boz. Beyond them are oiae'
ffs. other aystfms. other worlds. WlD'-
ever in itH wcariuces imagination sos
s't lmil t1cre o. aplco begun The fl
leri m.ght interest those whom their oRp
imboffaneo boihfrs fad TONY
"hat are W. baf pickering guair ~ 'Ha
glare of 1lGiQn, million 81 slnsg