The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-04-12
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g aud tall together 10 hinli.uee, yei The
pff''d oi chspge 10 every case 10 o. nearly
'as sa@e lenglh, snd The suouni Of
change Is also nearly npiiotm.
Then The rspiduy With wbich ,hs,s
strange ,uns esin aud lose then lisht /.
sbsoln,ely shttlies The sverase lsp.e
OF time iiom one Of their msrim. o. srlsp
dor to tho n'Il is only btisscu ~ and Is
hoa's, Ihink What terror oar suu
would be It ,siOe every "a hour. he bl.s
cd ont silh be,seee too or three timss
hs ordinary hght aus heat. Aud th.tsp
pesis 10 be sctaslly What oecurs With the
hfistle stars 10 M5 II s serlea OF
sudden outbursis b, which they are stieoi
ed, Nearly hall the time they ere st the
The minimum OF brightness. Suddenly
they begin 10 eslu and TO SLOW With w.I
ins energy, 10 an hoat or tvo they have
eonbltd IN rsdiett poser, but ,ulI tho
iurusce becomes nereer When they
have attained their etottet Intensity,
they instantly iAli on sgain sua ltss
ispisly thea they have risep, sink bach 10
their erisinsl eondi,iop.
10 the Great Clusitr 10 Hercules; which
also contains an a'lonisbiue number %
ysrisbler. their is one tl,r which actually
doubles IT. light 10 fifteen minutes. A
corh,prsiioh could rot be kindled ~
swiftly us that. Add this blazing stsr
would wrap the whole car b Ia its mount
ing flames as essily as u gsslishi tinsess
hy
There are variable stars scattered singly
10 the heavens which undergo changes
almott as wonderful, bn, they do not
sronee the interest that 10 awakened by
The sight OF these clustered varisbles,
whose resilessuess seems to arise from a
common cause aud 10 indicate that there
s something mysterious TO our apprehen
'ion occurring among them, One Ia 10
minded OF the old sdsge, Birds ofs
feather flock together,
Besides, what is to be thought OF suns
bat behave after such a fashion, and
What kiLd Of lie can exist In a st.r
luster where large portion Of the con
'regsted ofbs dare and flicker like
uttefing candles? II doesn't look com
orisble from our terrestrial point OF
lew, And this is Just where the sieni
canoe OF these discoveries heoomes mani
'sI, We are to prone te wear the green
peclscles OF oar little lerrsqueous globe.
ne importance OF Professor Bsley's
photographs OF The sssembage OF wink
~ aud blinking atsrs 10 Libra is largely
ne TO the fact that such revelations tend
} free mems minds from the bonds Of
10 old. unintelliseut notion that where
Q dwell is the garden Of the code, and
at the earth aud it's luminsries SIT the
ace for the whole creation,
II is a good thing TO be assured that
lbs are not sll % quiet % ours, not eli
sdle iendtro for worlds filled with
eaiures whom slight alterations OF TEN
rstnre and oimste destroy ~ a blsst
'm the north destroys tho roses,
lose stare that periodically blszs and
cam with redoubled fsrceness OF rsdis
10 give us glimpse ioto part OF lhe
iverse where the conditions OF existence
d OF vitality must necessarily be vastly
isrent from what they are here, Yet
> same elements are there. The variety
10 their combinations. We shouldn't
pect to meet men among the stare, but
re is no reason for expecting 10 meet
body there,
The infinite variety Of the universe adds
/ TO the hope that To future state We
III see more Of II, Why should the
osts OF departed men and women hover
out this old bumdrum earth when snch
innnity Of wonders is offered Tor II
fstionp Minifestly they have never
nd OF Mo or OF the Great Cluster In
rcules or OF the holes 10 the MILKY Way
81 the kiugly splendors OF Aldebarsn.
hey had heard Of them, they would
e departed long ago to ,isii sucb won
8. Let them get away from the scene
heir dusty terrestrial pilgrimage aud
isb the memory OF their troubles here
refresh themselves among the peren
msrvels OF the s'sr clusters,
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