Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1902-08-09
ARP ON ASTRONOMY
Gill Talks About The Wonders OF
The Solar System.
SAALLNfSS OF The EARTH.
Arp Then Gives President Roosevelt
Roast for His Couceit aud in n
Postscript riurrahs for Capt How
ell I'm Ills Race.

pie write 70 me about dog days that
viii answer briefly that there are no
dog days, IL is nothing but a supersti-
ton that has come down 70 Us from the
anclentS The Dog star or Sirius has its
time 20 appear in the heavens and rise
and set like other stars. but il is very
irregular time and SO what We call dog
days may begin the first OF July or
many days later. The rising OF Sirius
In line with tho sun begins now on
the SVd OF July and viii continue until
the 18th OF August. Those forty days
were believed by the ancicnts 70 bring
very hot and sultry weather and many
DaliSant diseases. but this has been
cispTOvct by modern astronomy. for
The appearance 81 Sirius Is very uncer-
tain AID in tho course OF time it VIII
rise In the winter. Now a little more
about the wonderful star. Nou know
that We have eight planets that belong
20 our solar system. They an revoiye
around the sun just as the earth does
and the nearer the planet is 20 the sun
the faster it travels. Neptune is TO-
100000 OF miles distant and 10 takes l55
years % set around
But Sirius is away outside OF our So
lar system and is ICE o2e .000. 600 of
miles from Us and gives 900 times more
light than our sun. Il is the largest and
brightest star in the heavens. 10 Ks CALI
ed the Dos star because 10 appears 20
Dc In the tail OF the constellation that
the ancents named Major CAMS or the
Big Dog. They were a smart people ana
we SIu keep their map % the heavens
and their names % the stars. but they
had no telescopes and did not know
that there we're any stars or suns eX-
C those We see with the naked eve.
But noV young people listen. Il is
now established and proven that there
are millions of stars and solar sys-
TENS siaT OF in space and that ours is
the smallest and the most insignificant
o. them all We are nothing and less
than nothing p the scale % existence.
IL has always been q mystery 20 me
why the Creator % 10 bouniioss uni
vers. that has no limit should have
chosen tL.s llt-le world ~ ours for his
greatest wo-k. the Creation ~ man
H-s own iuaEc. l.t-le lower than the
angels. man who s.ulei and fell and
was redeemed ly tle sacrifice of THE
son ot Goa. I don't understand &C..
cannot comprehend &C. This little world
-s not l.eEer than cannon BAH c1-l-
pared Win some Ct flc planets ana
... -1- -- si~--- ~ -as --i one
'---- --' -..- Da--r,. 40 90
7-- N- -l7 anatomy.
"-- oAl 20 1-r-
.- -- 1923 At
--1 -''
-- -'-- .- mount
$40 --,--.---
- %
.
-...-- '-
$500 - r
"--
--. e. i-
---.-,
, O. ".--
-..,-...- w-. "--- D..' l-I
$500 80 y. a-- .-----7
rs - -- -- "--- 20
- -- .---- i.Ae
49, -, ,.- .- $3.50. ---'- -.-
1900 - -.-.- ---...... --- --
ii 49,, ar-.+ -, - .' ~
f-or, no. 60. 49, .
.-.~,- 80 81, t.-..- ~.
&c., ? 49, So. 60 ~ '-'
~ 4 oo,oe.-l5 - -.-s .~- a 90
IL M be-,.- -, 80 80
lf- ~ Az t5so, .,7 /. -
80 -. .t..-1 l-- "a
80 ~, 80 t.I -. $50 IL - -
+, - q. - - - ''-- 81" = >
"Ob. ~, go 80, -..,--. -,
So -. 80 -, - 80. - =,
p,,,Ss-I.,. q. - p, y ~ W. !.
A. to- Ia. =, e. -, 80, - -
-. =. - TAG ''''
7 --,r,s-s,@5 ~ 49,. ,-.-.--s.-.
- =, W. rs,l-. ~ - -
--,s,r5sbeS d, 80. - -, - -,
meaning but tmuulsive president Re