Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-13

| Comets From time TO time this earth
T Visiting receives visit from one
I Earth. OF those innumemhle wan
dcrors of the skies which are
/ pursuing their lightning career in great
/ orbits, not always around any uartlcu-
| Jar star. as the plants round our sun.
| but after visiting the planetary system
| of our star plunging deep into The pro-
| fuuditios of space, and then after prob-
| ably circlng round another far of sun
] and dclghtinr the Inhabitants of some
/ Of its plancts-for doubtless There are
| such-continuing their solitary journey
! DO terrific velocity back again towards
our system. As an indication OF tho
l amazing distance which some Of these
cratic bodies traverse. 90 is calculated
! that tho comet OF 1874 win not arrive
back from ts long journey until the
! year lOlslli 10 ls difficult however. 20
believe that this computation can be
/ moro than the barCst conjecture Tho
| present generation has been favored
/ with 70 visit of probably one OF the most
magnificent comets which has come
within the range OF our vision for many
centuries 10 was FIRST perceived in
june 1865 Rapidly travelling from the
depths OF space straight towards this
earth, I'm the course Of a few months
IL presented "a spectacle OF aupremest
brilliant as the full moon, though Of
course OF vastly greater dimensions.
shone with q lambert lustre. the long
broad tall perhaps two hundred mill
lion miles I'm length. cleaning I'm a
bright phosphoresCent glow, and throw
ing out long steamers OF incandescent
gases stretching far out into space.
And there it hung, night after night
approaching ever nearer and nearer.
great fiery menace, apparently threat
cnlng death and destruction 70 this
earth and am that 81 thereon. and caus-
ing terror and alarm to many, who be-
lieved that at length the crack Of doom
was impending. and that I'm a short
time the fiery monster would plunge
down upon the earth and I'm a moment
90 time shatter IL into fragments and
engulph everything IN a blazing ruin.
And then the stupeudous wonder ca
recred still EDWARDS into the depths OF
space, until at length it passed away
from the range OF our vision But had
those umid ones better studied the
Scriptures they would have known that
before 'the end Of the world" takes
place. He who once came TO this earth
lu humility and penury IN order by
Himself bearing the punishment Of sin.
90 open the gates Of Paradise TO all who
would enter therein. will again revisit
lli put lhls time i'm His glorious ma
jesty. attended by angel and archangel
and by the hierarchy OF heaven Then
viii swords be turned into plough
shares and spears into pruning hooks"
strife and contention win cease. and
peace and concord viii reign I'm a rem
ovatcd earth.--A Banker.
Danger Anglo-SaXons STAGGERED
Reveals I'm eNcitedly calling out
The Man. for whisky, the Italians,
being asked whether they
required anything 20 eat OF drink
humbly replied, "Non mi bisogna
niente Giraffe. signoree;" and il took
some persuatlon to make them accept
even a cup Of soup or some tea or
coffee. Maternal and marital affection
came out strong among these poor wo-
men, and some seemed hysteriCal, al
most bordering on insanity, when they
became temporarily separated from
their husbands or children. One WOO
man was in despair AN night fearing
something had happened 20 her better
half who was only able to Join her
on the Baltic early in the morning.
The scene was most touching when he
did arrive. Here was another great
national contrast One heard a good
deal about the probable total loss of
passengers baggage. Americans SEEM
ed to grudge mostly the loss Of Jew
olry, OF money valuablcs. or of lately
purchased articles Of attire. whereas
itallans-nO matter how Door
mourned chiefly. and in a sentimental
way over some family souvenir which