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TO APPEAR THIS YEAR-— DIRE EVENTS PRE- DICTED BY ASTROLOG®RS — TEACHINGS OF SCIENCE AS TO TEMPORARY 3TARS, ETC. There have appeared from time to time

within the past few years, notices of the

expected reappearance this year of the

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Cassiopeia, with dark surmises as to the

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ity which its coming is to foreshadow. As an instance of the kind of speculation in which some minds delight, the follow: may be quoted :

** In 1587, the ‘ Star of Bethlehem’ will be once more seen in ‘ Cassiopeia’s chair,’ and it

will he accompanied by a tot»! eclipse of 4

sun noon, This star only makes its appearance every 315 years. will appear and illumine the heavens, and excel in

brilliancy even Jupiter when in opposition to the sun, and, therefore, nearer to the earth and brightest. The marvellous brilliancy of the ‘ Star of Bethlehem’ in 1887 will surpass any of the previous visitations It will be seen even at noonday, shining with a quick, flashing light the entire year, after which it will gradually decrease in brightness, and finally disappear, not to return to our heavens till the year 2202, or 315 years from 1887 This star first attracted the attention of modern astronomers in the year 1572. 1t was then called anew star. It was no new star, however, for this was the star that shone so brightly 4 B. C., and that was the star that illumined the heavens at the nativity of Christ. It has reappeared every 315 years since, and every educated astrologer is certain that it will appear in August, 1887. The appearance of the star, accompanied as it will be by solar and lunar eclipses, together with the baleful influence that follows the positions that Mars and Saturn will occupy, will cause an universal war and portentous floods and fearful shipwrecks. North America will be involved in civil strife, and a reign of terror will prevail in the Atlantic states, unless a Napoleon arises to quell it. There will be a war of classes—the rich will array themselves against the poor, and vice versa everywhere.” Whoever will cast his eye upward about 6 o'clock on a clear evening will perceive the constellation Cassiopeia, lying in the milky way, nearly overhead, a little to the north of the zenith. It is in this constella- tion, according to the prophet above quoted that the messenger of dread is to appear. There are five bright stars in it, forming, with one or two fainter ones, the figure of an inverted chair. The chair it is not difficult to discover, and no doubt those who are gifted with a powerful imagination can succeed in

SEEING THE LADY,

who is supposed to be seated in it. Cassio- peia, according to fable, was the wife of Cepeus, the King of Ethicpia. Having hoasted herself fairer than Juno or the sea- ymphs, these ladies appealed to Neptune to revenge the insult they had _ received. Neptune thereupon sent a dreadfal monster against Cassiopeia, and compelled her to chain her fair daughter, Andromeda, to a rock on the beach, and leave her to be devoured by the monster. The legs and feet of this unfortunate young lady can be seen protruding in the left of the diagram. Asin all true romances, a champion was at hand. The gallant Perseus, who was re- turning after his conquest of the Gorgons, saw and became captivated with Andromeda and, having obtained the promise of her hand from her father, Cepheus, overcame the monster by the magic of Medusa’s head, which he carried in his hand,

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‘* Chained to a rock she stood ; young Perseus stayed His rapid flight to woo the beauteous maid.” After ancient phil »sophy arose, flourished and declined, after the Tng sleep of the middle ages, came modern philosophy, ris- ing Phoenix-like on the ashes of its prede- cessor. During the long period which which marked the life of the one and the growth of the other, the thoughts of con- templative minds have been fixed upon the

starry heaven, seeking to read in its bread page » iate of nations and of men, an in qui vbich, im cur ow y, has been chenged to a speculation othe destiny of the globe which we iniiibit, as well as the sv" f which we iorm apart. Ra- tions! rch has succeeded metaphysical specu! i and the **drunken prophecies, Iibels ams,” which art onthe cone /hand and credulity on the other called '

|play to a count for celestial phenomena. The ication which Christianity has effect: morals, intelligent observation

has effected in philosophy, and thus the twin graces of virtue and intelligence may stand as the highest adornments of modern humanity. Among those entitled to first rank in substituting the testimony of facts for vague and ignorant imaginings, stands Tycho Brahe, who was born at Knudstrup, Denmark, in 1546. Tycho first became interested in astronomy through the occur- rence of an eclipse of the sun, which was total over a part of Europe, and which hap- pened Aug. 21, 1560. His surprise at find- ing that such an event could be predicted led him to inquire into the methods and calculations employed for that purpose, and he devoted himself ever after to study and observation. Frederic, King of Denmark, who became his patron and friend, granted him the island of Hveen, in the Baltic sea, and assisted him in constructing an obser- vatory fnrnished with INSTRUMENTS SUPERIOR TO ANY

which had hitherto been employed. Here for 20 years he devoted himself industri- ously to research, accumulating a mass of valuable astronomical observations, which later, in the hands of Kepler, led to the discovery of the laws of planetary motion. Though unassisted by the telescope, which had not yet been invented, Tycho Brahe adorned the science of his times with a series of brilliant discoveries. On the mght of the 11th of November, 1572, Tycho’s attention was drawn toa brilliant and un- known star in the constellation Cassiopeia. The following is his own statement in re- gard to it ;—

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ing tomy Uncle Stenon Bille, and I became which were all near it. On the 9th of accustomedthere to remain in my chemical November the star shone in the twilight, laboratory till the fall of night. One evening which rendered Jupiter invisible. It con- as Iwas surveying as usual, the celestial tinued to fade during the following year,

vault, the aspect of which is so familiar to me, anq became totally invisible in March I saw with indescrible astonishment near the 1606 ‘

zenith, in Cassiopeia, a radiant star of extra- Te eeailiai ion ordinary size. Struck with surprise, I could a = y Stars are scarcely believe my eyes. To convince myself astionomers as

that there was no illusion, and to gather the VERY RARE PHENOMENA.

testimony of other persons, | had the work- This rarity, however, is probably due to men come out who were occupied in my labor- | uy inability to take note of what is taking atory, and I asked them, as well as all the place in the universe, aie ati 'e an

had just suddenly appeared. I learned later —s eee = Nee _——— themsely os. that in Germany some wagoners and others of 0 18 aa VO COCR i Car Ove the common people had apprised the astrono- day, one in 1866 and one in 1876. On the

mers of a great apparition in the sky, which ith and 12th of May, 1866. 2 new star of has furniehe occasion to renew the railleries the second magnitude was observed in against learned men in the case of comets, Corona Borealis or the Northern Crown, whose coming had not been foreseen,” the name given to a pretty semi-circle of This is the great astronomer’s account of bright stars from the resemblance of the the apparition. Tycho Brahe considered ®gure they form to that of a wreath or the advent of this star of importance enough Crown. The discovery was made independ- to write a book specially on the subject. ently by at least five observers in Europe The star received the name of the Pilgrim, *ud America, among whom was Mr. 5. C. but it has also been called the Star of Beth- Chandler, Jr., of this city, now of Harvard el m. This stal outshone all stars in the College observatory. This star, on the 12th sky, including Jupiter, which was then at Of May, was of the second magnitude, and its brightest. It continued to shine during by the 21st it had diminished so as to be the rest of the month with ivisible to the naked eye. It tluctuated a . teen oe eae little, brightening to a magnitude of 73, ‘and then fell to that of 94, at which it as to be visible to some persons in the day-' remains. It was found on examination time. When first seen, the star shone with that this star was previously recorded in a brilliant white light, which in time as- the great catalogue ot Argilander as of the sumed a yellowish hue; afterward it dis-' ninth magnitude. These changes may not played a ruddy appearance like Mars or seem much to the ordinary reader, but he Aldebaran, and at last became leaden-'would think differently if they were to colored, like Saturn. After November its ‘ occur in our sun. lustre began to diminish, and it grew faint-; An interesting consideration in reference er and fainter, becoming invisible in March, to this event is the absolute time of its 574. foecurrence. Light travels at the rate of It is not to be supposed that so extraor- ‘nearly 200,000 miles a second. Yet, dinary a phenomenon would be let pass un- | moving with this great velocity, it requires noticed by those who found their profit inia time to reach us from the nearest stars, interpreting the appearance of the sky to which must be messured by years, and from the ignorant and credulous. Astrologers distant stars by thousands, perhaps millions doubtless drove a good trade on the strength of years. It has been estimated that the of this celestial advertisement of their call- light of this star is upward ot 600 years ing. Some of them declared that this ap- in its flight before it reaches the earth. pearance was identical with that at the The occurrence, then, which was visible in birth of Christ, and confidently predicted May, 1866, actually took place 200 years that the last judgment was near, which | before the discovery of America. About 10 must have been a very comforting assur- | years after the last event, on the evening ance to the wicked. Nevertheless, the of the 24th of November, 1876, Schmidt, of world has continued tc wag on in spite of | Athens, discovered a star of the third mag- their predictions, down even to the present nitude in the constellation of the Swan. It year of grace. Predictions, however, sre very quickly began to diminish, and by the easy, and we are not to suppose that those beginning of the following year was no who are gifted to make them, especially as Jonger visible to the naked eye. It after- they are not apt to be gifted otherwise,' ward decreased to the 12th magnitude. should be deterred from their favorite pur- i'The spectrum of this star seemed to indi- suit by an occasional failure now and then. !cate a chemical constitution similar to that Accordingly, in the year 1588, the follow-;of our sun. What is especially interesting ing was launched at unfortunate humanity : | in the case of this star, is that Lerd Lindsay ‘After 1500 years, dating from the concep- | found, in September, 1877, evidence of its tion of the Virgin, this 88th year will be having become nebulous ; that is to say, it strange and full of dread. It will bring with pad been degraded from its rank as a star it sad destinies. If, in this terrible year, the 14 became a for of flaming gas. perverse world does not fall into dust, if the le tn om tater aad saaathas din tein etends earth and seas are not annihilated, all the em- | ] ld = a. ite : "I og 1 ; dichiint pires of the world will be overthrown, and af- is OU mane ew © <a. Yee : ha Cistent fliction will oppress the human race. |bodies that they should exhibit these Happily, however, the year 1588 pas:el | changing and away without any of the unpleasant episodes CAPRICIOUS APPEARANCES, which the lively imagination of the prophet | When we reflect that our sun is a body like had ascribed to it. Its failure then did not |the stars which we see shining at night,only prevent the prediction from being revived |;nown to be qaite small when compared for the following century, and again in| with soe of them, we cannot but feel that 1788, when it was claimed that the predic-|we have some interest to know the char- tiun was found in the tomb of Regiomon- | acter and causes of these vicissitudes of star tanus. As the following year ushered in| behaviour, lest some fine day our long- the memorable epoch of the Frenca revo- | familiar friend should astonish us uupleas- lution, those who please may think that the! antly by antics of the same sort, at one foolish inventor of the prediction foresaw'time reducing his beams so as to have us the on coming of the tremendous upheaval woping in a twilight, which, in our conceit which that great event occasioned. and selfishness, we had complacently con- The star of 1572 was not singular in his-!sidered as the proper due of the inhabi- tory. Other stars have appeared suddenly | tants of the outer planets of our system, in the sky, shone with moreor less bright- land again pouring down on our devoted ness, and faded again into the obscurity{heads a blaze of light and heat which whence they sprung. To these have been/should send us gasping to the remotest given the name of new or corners of the deepest terrestrial cavern we TEMPORARY STARS. should be so fortunate as to reach. If these changes of brightness in the stars are due to their approaching our system and re- ceding from it, then must they move withba velocity which it is frightful to contemi- plate. Still, as all celestial velocities which we know are frightful, this would be only a degree of frightfulness beyond the others. One star, at least, in the firmament is be- lieved to be moving with a velocity of , not less than 200 miles a second, or more than en times the speed of the earth in_ its

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Notable instances occurred in 945 and 1264, occupying & position between Cepheus and Jassivpeia, similar to that of the star of i572. The question then arises whether these events refer to dillerent appearances of the same star which once in about 300 years makes a new approach to the earth, There are a number of stars in the heavens which are known to exhibit changes of brightness, going through a more or less

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regular cycle of changes in_ recurring Such ave called variable stars. if the star of 1572 is one of these, only hav-

a longer period than the others which ave known, the interval which has elapsed

orbit. This ought to be enough to satisfy the most progressive of progressionists ; but this is as nothing compared to the velocity necessary to produce the changes . : 2 of brightness which have been described, if cabled isto hevgrwompletectsies far clsonls (oar Scene) Pees 20 ae a ; or. ‘Ciself. Swift 23 is the velcoity “of light,

and to be again in that portion of its orbit nearly 200,000 mi'es a second—it hasbeen where it makes it nearest approach to our computed that chis would have to be, mul- aystem. [ts reappearance, therefore, may tiplied many times to produce the velucity be looked for at any time in that portion of | necessary to cause a star to vary as some Of the heavens which is indicated in the dia- those have varied whose history. hae’ been me. narrated. This being the case, we can con- _ It will be observed, by referring to the! cive or rather we cannot conceive, of the figure, that the constellation Cassiopeia, in | 4... of 1572 pursuing toward us its tremen- which the star may be expected to appear, | gous career. We can hardly look forward, and the well-known constellation of the honed ra its coming with any pleasant Vippey, cesapy pesitzons of -cgpamte sides anticipation, but rather with the uneasy of the North star, and about equally re- sense of possible consequences which. al- moved from it. It will further be observed ways Rites Valen a danger the extent of that a line drawn through the two which is not known. Urged by the mighty wars 6m the body of the Dip- power which propels it, this body need but per which are farthest: from the handle cnnittnas thn approach to justify any, appre- will pass very near the North star, and for\),ncion which the imagination of the , most a yg se stg ecm et timid might suggest. Happily, however,

. ’ ; ” the resources of astronomy, m accounting ning the eye along the heavens in the for the changing brightness.of stars; do’ ngt direction of the line which passes through te ae in this only supposition... Lt¢yyhas them, you can readily find the North star. been suggested that the

As has been mentioned, sume stars appc@” ca unexpectedly, shine for a time with more or cau ed VARARH SE ad less brightness, and then totally disappear. |in stars is the periodical, interposition of These are temporary stars. Others make | dark bodies, obscuring the whole or a part their appearance from apparent obscurity, |of their surface. In the present state of and remain permanently in their new posi-| astronomical science it is impossible tu state lion. These are new stars. Others, again, | whether or not this can take place. it has which have had a recognized piave in the |also been suggested, knowing that our sun firmament, fade out of sight, leaving no|is subject to spot periods, or at pretty trace of their existence. These are lost|regular intervals exhibits an imecrease im stars. the number of spots which make of it. to

Searcely more than 30 *years after the | that extent, a star of variable brightness, appearance of the star of 1572, a similar that the stirs which we see to vary are sub- phenomenon occurred in the constellation | ject to like spot periods, only in a degree Serpentarius. It was first seen by Kepler{much greater than what our star displays,

on the 17th of October, 1604, and surpassed |The most probable sippositicn In the case

* ate tw - Danish coasts I stopped in the ancient cloister in brightness the stars of the first magni- of temporary stars is that, for one cause or

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