The sun., 1907-08-12
A COMET IN The MORNING SKY
ONE or THE WONDERS THE
BROOKLYN saw ON THE DEEP.

Another Was q Family Of whnles which
Adopted the snip as ITS Grandfather
and FrOIicked Alongside for Hours
Number Three was o Msterspeut.
The Insular Line steamship Brooklyn in
yesterday from Porto Rico. entertained
other changes on the voyage On the Sec
ond day out school of fourteen whales.
apparently mistsking the steamship for
their grandfather, nestled alongside, keep
ing her company for several hours. blowing
and preaching and froliokiug after tho
manner Of oetaceans that have never been
near Amags nsett and know no fear One
too familiar creature that bumped against
the starboard side got pelted with Goa! by
a stoker, and waving his lukes and splash
ing the liner he headed OF her course
Al f:30 O'Clock on Friday morning Capt.
Mclean. who was In charge of the bridge.
saw a luminous seyser shaped form rise
above the eastern horizon. Later. after all
Of the glowing figure was visible the skipper
knew IL was a comet and one Of the biggest
he had ever seen, He had seen no account
Of a recently discovered comet and he de-
oided that he probably vas among the first
observers Of II at sea. IL lost itseif In the
sunrise glare. At breakfast tho skipper
told his passengers about his celestial find
and all of them got up before dawn on
Saturday and saw the comet rise and van
ish It's head pointed to the horizon line
and IL looked like a huge pyrotechuic
shuttlecock descending
A school Of whales and a cornet on a five
day sea journey we're considered pretty
fair experiences until about clock on
Saturday afternoon while the ship was or
the Virginia coast The air was misty and
held a hint of storm. Five miles dead
ahead the passengers. most Of whom we're
on deck, saw a wsterspout swiftly swirl
into being The vision was dirn and crn-
bryonic at first. Then il evolved into a
massive pillar Of spray and finally into "a
blsckish column that looked AS il it were
holding mp the empyrean roof II seemed
TO bs a rnile high and its pedestal was a
ferment several hundred feet wide IL
collapsed quickly and some OF its aerial
structure fcI spray on the deck OF the
Brooklyn
About three hours before her adventure
with the waterspput the ship passed part
pf the deck Of sailing vessel. attached to
which was a winch.
The Cunarder Etruria slso ran across
deep sea spectacles On the fourth day
out she sighted great flock OF Mother
Careys chickens flying south Then two
whales cams along. followed by an immense
school OF dolphins.
T's TIE DANIELS COMET.
WASHINGTON. Aug. IA new and beau
tiful comet which appears daily in the
eastern sky and is visible for about an
hour before sunrise has bean under obser-
vation for some time by astronomers at the
United States Naval Observatory. This
comet, which is entirely new to astronomy,
has been named in honor Of Mr.. Daniels
Of the Princeton University astronomical
department, who discovered the celestial
interloper some weeks ago. The observers
at the Naval Observatory say the Daniels
comet is growing brighter each morning
and now appears as about a fourth mag
nitude star. IL shows itself above the
eastern horizon at about 3 O'Clock A. NJ.
and s visible. OF course. only until the sun
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