Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-03-07
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shot ana Killed iSOunus, So IL SStiha
as though the right man was killed
after all, If there was any right TO
the natter.
WASHINGTON. March A new
| star has biazed up in the northwestern
| heavens. the like of which has not
happened for 300 years. The remark
| labe feature of this star is its briilian-
cy. 1t is slightly brighter than tnc
first magnitude and Is the equal OF its
| neighbors, Capelle, Aldebaran and
Rigel
Its color is whitish yellow. 1t
| mas probably come up to its great
brightness in n very few days. No
such star was noticed by observers of
that part of the sky week ago Be
cause of its sudden appearance it will
probably We classed among the tenn
porary stars'-stars which have
blazed up suddenly and then gradual
| ly faded away. AS there have been
| only eleven such stars noticed IN the
| history of astronomy, 1t will be seen
ti,at this addition will occupy an i'm
DO. -tant place in this fascinating sci
ences But it will be more important
| from the true scientists point of view,
because there has been no temporary
star of equal brilliancy which has APP
peared since 1904, or since the inyen-
ton of modern instruments an the use
OF new methods OF study of such phe-
nomena. 1t will be of particular in
terest to see what the Photographic
plate and especially the speetroscope
will reveal. as to the causes of such a
bsurting out of flame in a body which
| is SO far away that it may possibly
take 100 or 200 or ] 900 years for its
| light to reach the earth, travelling at
the rate of 100000 miles n second
What its actual distance from our SO
| lar system is astronomers can only
guess until more accurate observa-
| tions can he made
| OF the temporary stars that have ap-
peared in the past, we know very lit
tie of the first two, as they appeared
| l34 b. c., and 3S9 A. D., respective
| ly. This was before the time of any
accurate observations or knowledge OF
such things. The third star, Tycho's
star. which appeared in the constel-
| lation OF Cassiopeia in 1872 A. d.,
was the most notable OF all. When
| first seen it was as bright as the plan
ct Jupiter and in a snort time became
rs bright as Venus. 1t was visible
even by day. But in week or two
| it began to fade away, and In less
| than two years it entirely disappear
| ed. Somehow an idea spread abroad,
| without any foundation that this was
ho ha s,.,t, Of
| and many people believed that it
would reappear in periods OF 314 years,
| so that the observatories were much
| annoyed about 1886 by numerous in
| quiries concerning 1t.
The only temporary star that has
| approached In brilliancy this one OBJ
| served by Tycho was one seen by
| kepler in 1904. Though not quite
| so bright as Tycho's. it lasted longer
over two years-but has now grown
SO faint that it cannot be identified
II was in the constellation of Ophiu.
| chus. With one exception the six
stars since Kepier's have been faint
third, fifth and seventh magnitudes.
The ninth star, which appeared in
| 1885, WAS of the second magnitude,
and after remaining at its maximum
| Tor three or four days it faded back
| to It's original brightness. that of
| nine and one-half magnitude star.
| 1t afforded good opportunit for study
of its composition with the spectre
scope, and it was found to be COM
| posed largely of incandescent hydro
| gen.
This new star, just discovered this
last week, will be known as Nova
Persei," Il new star in the co1stella-
tion of Peisei. 1t can be readily rec
ognized especially because it is al
most in the center of a triangle form
ed by three bright stars of Persei.
scientifically known as Alpha Persei,
Beta Persei and Epsilon Persei. This
triangle can be seen by looking toward
the northwest, and between and 10
in the evening it VIII be found about
half way up from the horizon to the
zenith.
CHICAGO, March 5.-A cold wave
swept through the middle and north
west this morning. The thermometer
was down to zero at O'Clock At
Minneapolis it was 6 below, while New
York is enjoying mild weather, the
temperature being "a, Boston SO and
Washington 80.
MARKLEVILLE, Ind, March s.
This little town has three saloons and
the women are determined to get rid
of them. The Carrie Nation idea is
not carried out altogether, but some
have ways of their own. One night
last week Mrs. Ozro Lewis demolish-
ed one saloon with rocks and old bot
ties. Last night another woman took
another course. stating that II every
woman would see to it that her hus
band keeps away from these places
the saloons would soon have to quit
business. She is IA woman of large
proportions. and procuring n piece of
claphoard she went to one of the sa-
Icons. She found her husband with
half dozen other men seated about a
card table with a glass of beer in