Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-01-15

There Is q tourist now on his way
10 Honolulu and after he arrives we
shall have the pleasure of his com.
pany for few weeks.
II may also be stated that the local
promotion committee, although In
tensely interested in the business OF
attracting visitors to our beautiful ISL
ands had not the slightest weight or
influence in the bringing here of this
famed tourist.
He is expected to arrive about the
end Of this month, and when the hre
whistle blows its three blasts, notify.
ing us that he Is in sight he will be
somewhere in the neighborhood Of 3D.
400 900 miles of Diamond Head.
Nevertheless at that distance away
he will soon be "close up for he Is
rushing toward us at the rate of l.
1872 600 miles day And still, with all
this on.rush to get here, our attractive
features. which chain other tourists
to our shores will have not the least
effect on this visitor and the promo
ton committee may not put forth an
effort to entertain him, Tor he Will.
with "A swish of his fiery tail, the
slight effects of which We shall feel,
give us the go by" But then again,
will this on.rushing comet, with a tail
of fire streaming out behind over a
million miles, give us the go By?
There are some astronomers who pre-
dict that earth and comet viii meet,
but they are In the minority, thank
goodness. Other astronomers scout
the idea. Although they admit that
Haliey's comet will cross the earth's
orbit, we, shall not have arrived fat
that crossing point till some time after
the sky traveller has passed, but at the
same time We shall not be so far away
and shall keep right on in the old rut
regardless of the fact that that rut
will take us directly through the lower
limit of the far away part of the com
cts tail.
There is no telling what would hap.
pen II the earth was to pass directly
goes without reasoning that in the I'M
mediate vicinity of the comet its tail Is
composed Of gases. the nature OF
which would probably stiae to death
every living thing on earth.
That state of affairs would be un.
pleasant enough but let's go trife
beyond this and give the calamitist as.
tronomer a chance. According to as.
Economical measurement and statistics
Halley's comet Is of density sim.
liar to this earth and In size would
compare on about the same lines as q
small plum to fairly sized orange
the earth represented by tho orange.
Thus II is seen that this heavenly
visitor is no SLOUGH.
An undisputable fact of physics Is
that when two bodies meet the smaller
must give way to the larger. That's
all right, too, but when We call to
mind the fact that the body that may
hit us a smash Is larger than the
planet Mercury and Is travelling
through space at q rate OF speed 81
'itu NHt NtioNi's VI u VAN
non ball when leaving the mouth of a
14-inch cannon. It is enough to give
one the Willie-Willies.
Some sky searchers say it will hit
the earth, others say 1t will not: II
cannot in fact according to its lines.
deviation and orbit. II Is fact. how.
ever, that at the time Of this comets
previous visit many people were
stricken with fear, thinking that the
collision was sure to take place. but
It did not II may be different this
trip. and We may get knocked into a
peesy-weezy popinjay. Still would not
advise anyone here to sell their sugar
stock or stop boosting for Honolulu on
the strength of this possible meet.
To make all things connected with
the comet little clearer the writer
has made crude figure presented
herewith which includes number OF
planets best known in our solar sys
TEN.
The orbits OF these several planets