The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-05-20
INVOLVED IN A
CLOAK OF MYSTERY
THE OLD COMET SEEMS TO HAVE
GONE OFF ON A TANGENT TO
DIsAPPolNT OBSERVERS.

be shown, and as they have seen no
physical evidences of either its ap- /
pearance in the sky or proximity to .
the earth. they are beginning to doubt /
that the mysterious stranger so
much talked of by the scientists, and I
really is wandering around in ETHEREAL .
space as designated.
The heavens were clear last night, .
the moon rose In golden splcndor. the |
skies were unobscurel by clouds of
any description, the stars shone .
brightly and the opportunity for an
unObstruCted view were never better. /
Many eyes anxiously scanued the firm
ament. but no vestige of the comet
could be seen. In the east and west.
the north and south. not even a hazy
substance that could be construed into
an imaginary tail colud be seen and
the watchers finally gave up in disap'
pointment and gave vent to their feel
ing of reasonable doubt.
guys who are climbing to high att
tudes and scanning space with mighty
telescopes annouGce. that they were
surprised: that the object of their
search which had been anticipated to
be found in the western sky was still
in the east, thus contradicting all pre-
vous calcula ions and predictions.
They told us that sun spots of huge
dimensions were discovered on the
sun and that they were unable to fore
tell what the consequences of such
phenomena might mean
With spots on the sun and the comet
in the east when 1t should be in the
west, the whole business is tans'ed
up in a skein of mystery and We don't
know what to expect. 1t isn't fair to-
keep us in such apprehension. Is 1t
possible that Mr.. Comet has halted on
| its course and is taking deliberate
retrospect of the situation, reflecting
what TO do next, whether to pounce
upon the earth and knock us into
smithereens or take pity on poor, in
offensive humanity and leave us alone
until some further time when our
sins have become so offensive as to
demand dire and swift retribution.
Do the sun spots mean some ominus
and dreadful happenings that will in
volve the solar system in maize of
difficulty, some unheard and unthrught
of commissions of nature or are they
merely shadows that fit from time TO
time across the surface of the center
of an attraction, harmless in their ma
ture and coincident with events as
they always have been?
These are questions that naturally
come TO the unframed mind, the mind
that Is not exalted into the realms
of astronomical study. The high
brows of our universities are evidently
at sea themselves. They no longer
speak in flippant condolences of what
has been and shall be, Indicating that
there are really some things in the
construction of the universe they do
not know, that much is left to specu.
lation, that mathematical calculations
are at fault and problems still to
} solve in connection with the course of
heavenly bodies as they rush in un-
calculable indefiniteness through unend
ing space. The philosophical way TO
| taly s.l1 t. to Ia hn ntfn
tenor of our way" and take our medi-
cine whether it be in allopathic or
homeopathic doses.
1t would be a real satisfaction though
for those who have never seen a com.
ct 10 get a glimpse of Mr.. HALEY 5
discovery.
1t woulu be nice to tell our grand
children in days to come how in the
a spring of 1910 blazing monster ap
2 peared in the sky and scared every
3 body into fits, caused a shower OF mol
drops of water in a thunder shower
y and how We escaped by crawling into
our cyclone cellars until tnc danger
had passed. How the superstition
4 were sent to their prayers in sincer'
repentance for the many mean things
they had done. in anticipation OF 10
termination of all thing earthly.
/ How after it was all over and ou
forebodings found to be unfounded, VI
resume the regular course of our sin
ful careers, unmindful of our late pen
itence and soon dismissed the start
ling incident from our minds.
This would be excellent diversion
for the generations TO come, wou!'
mingle the mysteries of the past witt
the practical revelations of the presen
: and make the youngsters think thd
: grandpa had lived in wonderful AM
> awe inspiring times.
We hear many of these things re
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