The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-10-23

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planet, but because Of the fact that
many succeeding generations will be do
MED the sight Of the star, rs well Us
the bibls teaching Of the first known
appearance Of the star In the heavens
signifying the birth Of the Savior and
It's influence In guiding the wise men
to the place whore the Christ child was
in keeping In the lowly mangcr at
Bethlehem.
According to a late authority, there
Is nothing In the starry armament like
the star OF Bethlehem. II seems TO
be n star Of entirely different nature
from the other heavenly bodies.
The authority ia that the star Of
Bethlehem is not red, but is yellow,
blue and white. 1t is yellow on the
left side, rs observed from the earth,
white on the right and blue in the
center.
The sun which Is the greatest light
and heat giving body known to the
earth, IL located NJ far from the earth
~ the star of Bethlehem would not be
visible 10 the naked eye, aud could he
observed only through glasses.
The star Bethlehem, which is l.,
900 times greater in size than our sun,
is, according to some authorities, S.,
100, 10000, OOO, OOO,0 miles from the
earth. IL is a giant sun, the greatest Of
all suns visible from the earth, aud is
distinct in color from all other bodies.
At n distance Of lgl, 900. 0OO, OOO, 900
miles from the earth, and much nearer,
il the great red sun Aldebaran which
is 300 times greater in size than our
sun At a distance Of SIS, 900, 0O0, OOO,.
O0O miles Is another great sun,the great
white sun, Capella in Auriga, which IL
500 times larger than our sun, but only
four ffths the size of the great Star
OF Bethlehem, which is one OF the great
est bodies known to astronomers. The
Star of bethlehem is one Of the most
beautiful objects in the heavens and
there is not another SUM-, moon or plan.
ct like IL.
That is mighty interesting stuff
ism I it. The idea is irretibly attrac.
tive that the first known sight of this
great orb was on that time when the
manger at the little town Ia Judea
gave the world its greatest treasure,
that by the power it was made to move
on and on guiding the shepherds to
the place where the babe lay, that every
500 years is should come back TO 70.
mind a cynical world Of the Nativity.
When | was u child ! used TO picture
that star, a. millions and millions Of
others have done. II came a. a rude
shock when ! was sent 20 dig out
some dope about astronomy from the
said astronomer. a man Of world repu.
%tation. landed the stuff, all right, a
fine bunch Of il, and happened 20 men
ton this star. The star CARER ther
proceeded 10 inform me that | was Q
natural born ig%noramus, that admit
! ting that q star was made to perform
the beacon act, which in itself was op
en- To debate, that II was a cinch tina
1t wasn I this particular one, that ther'
was absolutely no reliable historical
data to connect il with the incident
that If 1t had been stcered that IA
out OF its normal course there woul,
nave been hob to pay, and u few othe
things that made me feel : IL my EARL
education had indeed been neglected
In those days people were not as broa'
, A. they are now, and they didn't ap
preciate my nose for news IN neglect
ing up the star Of Bethlehem. They tool
turn IN landing on the astronomer
I which didn't hurt him any, and TO
quite "A while used me 20 scare tn
, babies with. When 1t all quieted down
4, was a saddcT, but ] must confess no
q a wiser man, for in the Answer {
Z Correspondents columns, in those day
"a great feature of Sunday papers, i
was handed me: ITO what denonina
A., ton did the Apostle Paul be!ongi'' an,
, in a moment Of temporary insanity
said that from all the evidence
A could find to the contrary, he was
Catholic. / was jumped on by the A
, J.. As. and the Protestants in tur
until | wished that Paul had stuck I
. his soldering aud never fooled wit
4 either politics or religion. To cap
!, all once, the managing editor called m
= on the carpet and remarked, "Youn
. man, this paper is no id debatin
society, or institution for the prom,
+, tion Of religious research. IN the Il
ture when you go up against Il game {
this sort, refer 'em 10 the encyclop,
dial AnG | always have.