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MYSTERY OF THE HFAVENS

PHENOMENA OF TEMPORARY

STARS EXPLAINED.

Referring to a star recently discovered by Profesor ( T. Glaver, of Leander Met origick servatory, at many prove of publa anterent to cend what i have to say, writes Mr Henry Clay Bodges in

paper, on the subject of variable stars, taken from Big remenrobes of years we plant mandern writers and in-

Postaentors are unable to deccant satin-

tutorily for alese peletonystur

קד

Just

Irregular or temporary stars have oren sonally alone forth with a lustre far urpaksang that of the stars of the first murgatude, m even that of dupoter and Wons, enly remataroz for a short time, and then goudinally disappearing altoge

The The cost celed rated of the stars the tre more votumonly known as the Sot of

Ethlete and is one of the mean polar ecuate Huipiak.

M Waters like given thes Bruch kissen Tagalan warew the Christian era It

BRITISH ENTRY INTO

DAMASCUS.

EXTRAORDINARY SCENES

HATRED OF THE GERMANS.

[FROM W Z MANHEY

The Kotente has been nobly served by the British Palestine Army Those British who entered this wonderful city to day who have not had their emotions attrred by the enthusiastic greetings of the population must have been without a spark of national pride. Having passed up the country with the cavalry, I have

1918,

SCIENCE CONSOLIDATING THE MURDEROUS ASSAULT ON A

WHOLE WORLD WIRELESS, FAST SHIPS, FLYING MACHINES AND OTHER IN VENTIONS MAKE FOR

UNITY.

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Toward

73 world ny, towards ophty getting together of the human race, many forces are moving. Grettest of all, this war

is bringing the nations into a common purpose, for the bitter vod of danger does in a day what the calm persuasion of logic cantut

in centuries

FOREIGNER IN KOREA.

APATHY OF POLICE

FROM A CORALESPONI•ENT TO THE JAPAN

MONIK''.

T

ANTI NO. MANCHURIA

(Opposite Shingishu)

October 25th. The much vaunted police service Keven has received mother severe shock. if not an actual charge against the police at Slangishu of compherty with the vaga bonds and ruffins of that pisre.

A Brusher Leaployed. we understand The Chan Mart Customs, Ex, living on this side of the river Mas est at Korean restaurant dur

Christian missiona

kathosiedl humanity for years, and most of us intr#P appreciate the vast and essential

Cirenssian valinger. They are quite lukewarm and unconcerned} about our victorious advance against the Turks. I was under the impercantur: thes Duniascus would display the usual Arab flurrier in preparing the world mad foring the evening of October 1st, a

he was teasing he was sudden iş set upon Commerce hus during the Nineteenth | by a podreeman, who herd cate 2010 the Century steadily over Mowed national pince alleging that it was put the closing

dates, and demonstrated so the self

onlarness of demeanour and accept our appearance as Kisinet, while appreciating. the prospect of a change from bad to Moked government, and would reveive us with their customary imunoliale features,

as the orgelt by mang to have a period of giving no outward and visable sign of Al years, but this is a mistake, as it their ward feelings.

redly bus a period of 780 years, bejog, ana usalde during that time.

thes sin appeared hat the time of the barth of Christ, and 2464 lisel been understood by modern carves Tagatras, as they could not under stand why the sha pheriaen went to the West. When it seems they should have gone Suth engl but this star appeared in the Zo nel Saga of Aries, and Aries is an masters sign, and this is what is ovenst when sprawling of the star in the eastern pught of the heavens.

In the year 7-6 this star was again womble, but me little was known of it that slight attention was given to it that 1. Las fast appearnce took place in 1572. in Ashrupenie.

The attention of Tycho Brahe was called to it at that time, and he wrote a concise description of the chutiga 16 passed through while visible. turing the early part of its appearance, it auspoisses Maries in brillatgy, and ran only be compared u Velux Wiers pie is in 1er A Saraile esition in respect do the cxeth

DRACHTRAY VANILING STARS.

It can be seen at youn by these gifted with clear sight, and is visible through Telounds whrá obscure every :ther star. At

agam

AMAZING WELCOME.

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2003

hour and then for some unknown rensoli

interest of the most widely separated this officer of the low went out and walist progres thaar Enter departolener Theed the support of a large gang of Korena steamsitips opon Ele oceans east and west radians 10 bence a murderous attack have loven as huge shudes waxing the Tubne of the coming federation of the worked

Kartroads have perved frontiers.

chards have shown the nonversality of the essentials of culture, how that learn

g, art and bitrafare are the same every where

150g machines to morrow will obite rate such partitionis de mountain ranges, ZIPA and even DoNLFÍN,

Provincialisor is doomed There will

IM ametime new uguage on earth, for diabets are creat

by isolation. The cafus of the Tower of Babel will be antidied by the pliament of mon

The attack the veloped into a chase, with the mob creasing, until the victim was brought to the ground by a hit on has heat with something hard, but be rose and contend to endeswar ta esenge.

Tin: details are necessarily long. but what I

wish to use pubitcity to is the fact that a uurders chase an kept up for abun two hours on a Britisher without a singl policeman octempting to put a stop to t Sech a mot derous attack on an immorat." man, and again whom neaber the mola mur police back any charge, could not have ten continued without the passive aner, or ralia what

You will

I rode in the town with an armoured ar ulher when the road was deemed fe owing to shipers in those useitas, gardens surrounding this fusehunting and I was amazed at the ly Oriental city.

1 bentin

The welcome accorded the British uniform. The people were far) ordinary from taking our victory as n

cident of life. They threw off their

received stodid exterier and

wich vestatic joy They closed their shops and made boladas, par un festival dress, and serinlawed the day to the greatest in the four thousand years of the history of flama Only few British dicere have as ye; entered the city, but each has been received with the same whole hearted fervour. Here, at least, they Not the least of there unifying foreca have seen what the British Lame stands

In scienc Every invention increases the } polton. for At Jerusalem the British Army was cohes and stops the disintegration of welcomed by all sects and creeds with the race doc techngs of thankfulnes, but ther

The other day M. Rugies, pranier of respond with has life, ami was only rendered patible through the Australian Cromwelta.

because he was left for dead after his starvation, prevented then walecane from watches message from the f Mareenisecond fall

in the middle of the rond that being so demonstrative, though equally station at Carnavon, Wales, to the wire

When a soldier aple station in Sydney, Australia

the mob dispersed, and the palice appear sincere, as to-day s

He was then exerted to be station, peared in the streets of Bamasens he was distative of direct tenusinission was 12,006 ed surrounded by the excited and delighted les, and the messages were received aud inter given a guard to cuable ha to

return to this wide.

condition,

throug

news.

Crowds gathered to hear the When I told some English spenk ng people, of whom there are many, of the latest victory on the Western front, and of the Bulgarian armistice, their enthusias was remarkable

Timeling pot. Ameren, will bens up and Fuse the whole runs of mankind

with perfect eleurges

sunt

The

The Herizan waves of wireless men sages move equall in all directions. If. therefor th messages between Wales and Australia went balf way round th

in one direction, they did so in all iuud tE-seSa"::JV54557«}Z4+6 45+U¥

But they were tore keenly interested her directions eluped the globe.

said to have The

When we } { Evalking around the earth, travelling without uning customs, doing business as one crussoli dated planet, and reading the entre news at breakfast in Chinx and Peru, it will

night at twinkles even more than the ordinary sed stats. It is very white in ferdoar; then changes to yellow: then Thus sete knowledge which was handed down by Tycho Brahe at most part confined to the Romish Chars and to the temples of the prieste

primerpalls in India.

in General Allenby's army's tremendous In the year 20 A.D. this sin will striden through Palestine and Syria.

visible, although it had been enormous captures of prisoners and war supposed to become visible at an earlier material, of which they had ne cunception, late. In 125 BC Hipparchus discovered more than anything clig, meant to the

the finish of the Turk They said: You a star which came on view in Ophiuchu Which exended upper in splendour, are settling our boog necounts with them. though and as brigh 114 Venus. and

The thoroughness with which a has shot blog until we think together and To the Star I Bethlehwan. 1 done gave then the impression that our feel as one, and the prophecy of Elihu With Burritt will be realized above all panked fat more than its neighbors, arsay was cumposed

Superten. though it did not change hour, as it eyes unused to complete and orderly nations is humanity. was always observed to be white when equipment. they admired the soldierly plear from sapours prevalent about the turnout of the men who have fought and boraz It ruined visible for 2 years ridden a hard 150 miles, and acclaimed

them their deliverers. They looked u Te again in 1994 A.D. it reine inks this army us the Barious of the "

Bat notier was taken. of any trodden peoples of this part of the East montent at that tide. Then again in 1004 This amazing tribute to Britain and Bri tas suze star again came into view and tush freedou Insted all day; at nightfall nas urserved by Kepler. Kepler also the population gave a firework exhibition sande notes spai de movements, colour, of captured Verey lights. Even the street time visible, de which corresponded to of haint Paul valled "right was Ja appearance when viewed by Hipparilluminated from end to end. chan, who wrote upon the fixed stars.

Then gath

Booths and a

year

in three hundret and I the heistian era B

AHAN ARMY'S ARRIVAL.

down

CHIOSTMAS DAY SERVICES

Sr. Assow simu, Koonboot. Christ bous Pag, kodi. Devender. DÊN

onion at 8.15 am, and after Mort Responses. Ferial: Vente. 4'roach. Psalms, 19 Monk, 45 Ousley and Maefar- ren, Turk; Te Deum Oakley in b Jubilate Bays. Kyrie, Thor Hybas, Int, Na Tume 113). 474, ni

Momin Peayer at kam

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Jean grote aade at the Bratsber

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The injuries suffered by the innuent vaccina

us be ungavel, vory severe, fortunately, however, they are stek of a fatal nature, though he is still late, He lost his gold watch mid chuan, which

he declared was stolen by a policeman,

and it has not beers returned yet. HWAR given back his pocket book and passport the next day.

Te is constry to add that not one hres ber of the party had been dining tog well, so much stress canot be laid up this fiet. for the police will probably seek for an excus in this direction.

The police are fully aware that the attuck was bad on na amoren) bear, ansi after a lupse of three weeks one i uble ta Stft the chalf from the wheat. And thor as no doubt that the mob was

the

of a Britisher; but they after the

now if

Estar again shane furth, and disappeared ing, the north-western outskirts being Postal: cfarzen: Te De James wish to make a stay they have to sp

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UNION Carec, 10.30 6.1., £hristmas

Preacher the Rev. J. K. Mn connehje.

Gne Sergeant of the

No one has been punished an yet, and the property stolen from 00 innocent virtin bas not been returned, to May nothing of the severe injuries suffered, and clothes torn and lost.

and

Jong, ma

1 find that due mob was OEL after another mm in the employ all the Clurese Customs, a Britisher who has be

tlined here rather too long and it 15 about time that he was transferred by the authorities. There are

gvery few foreigOVER The opportunites for rejoicing were Sr John's CATHENAL, Hongkong living here and to Korean on is much increased by the arrival of the Arab army,

Christmas Day, 19th, Hoy

another

Our lives are in danger star este into view near Aquilae, which which operated on our right Hanh.

QuE

(15.55 .m.) and 17 45 au

Servier }

we cross the river. shote forth newly three the cavalry, during the arch from Drake and Aalam: Hymns, 6, 62, 320, 322.

The railway Station Hotel," which they take pride sted, and 12:6 sears afterward this arrived at Damascus at six this morno, 51. Mas i 2.10.)

in advertising Response,

as an ideal resort and it Crotch: Psalms, Monk, in a very nice little place is at Shingishu; as alus the wares time.

by the Australia ley and

Chicke

it is the only hotel in either town for In Cletober, 1604, a bright star care into son last night. Soon after,

theley in Cloth in the Constellation Serpentas Arals army entered the

evening)

foreigners, and when friends or visitors Jubilate city, and the 12th urning): Hynes, te, 62, 59. nearly attaining the brightest lustre. It streets became alive w

there. But unless the police on the other with picturesquely Save the King, B. Palm 10, versex ed until the following October, clothed Arabs o light steeds, almost over. Grumained

1. 2. 4. 8, 14 and 15 in woon: Prain 46,

side show by their antion in this case that when it vanished. This wint was also burdened

with elaborately appointed verses 1, 4, 7. 11, 16 and 14 unison; We

they are not in league with the rufius of addlery. Arab horsemen and camelry Deum, verses 1, 2, 14, 16, 16 and 17 unison:

the town, I would warn all Lu KIAM dashed about the streets, prociniuring the Hymn. 6g, veroad tungon. Hy Shingishu a wide berth. There are many of the temporary victory, and making much noise and cofi. Terees and 4 unison. Holy Commun which are interesting to study, and to trie

This lasted ion (12 noon.) Narols will be sung class of temporary stars may be added tinually firing their rifles. tuany others whose periods are so long : idnight, and the inhabitants, tired at Even Song on Sunday "ext

out and happy, allowed the city to iscoms December, that they are termed missing stars.

An out the observations of the modern investiga normally calm. Thers noust

have been extraordinary tors are limited, they have not yet had un

[TO THE EDITOR OF "THE JAPAN CHRONICLE." | scenes in Damascus yesterday, when they abserve these opportunity

ma Turkish army, surprised again at the changes, for na

for a careful examination of swift, unerring cavalry stroke, found the

NIR, With the heavens, and comparing them with Australian Mounted Division west of th

reference to your article From Antung The Murderous Attack fortner catalogues, and ancient ared city General Liman von Sandlers, t acts, which had been

Jern catalogues with each other, many

on a Britisher," I Lnken

heard that his silver- ther than in trouble, left for All things up are beings were from him and returned minus the silver, away by mounted walking stick was also stalen stars are found

known formerly

long thin rail just gone. 2018

Some are inclin

The Turks were anxious to 3r inclined to

to attribute a this to mistakeяia nking entries, but against the brown hills warned the Turk render to anyone in khaki. Many hid in when he went to the Police Station to

tish commander that his hold on Damascus the Hottes I saw

inquire about his lost property he was the Eart is that they are periodical stars, the length of whose period exceeds the the vali by motor along the Aleppo road the aftermon with no other guard. The broken by the tub who wore chasing hira was disappearing. He left at noon with military police who collected over 250 in

the also fined about Yen ten for alleged break- of windows, which he states we ro brief time within which astronomiend observations have been recorded, and in first to close all the exite instead of risk

The Draort Corps Commander" "decided priso

prisoners did not wish to escape; the time to come astronomers of the future ing harm to civilians by an attack of Australian squadron which was in the house

were a submissive as trumbs in

they for h his life frld. An

The Britisher is question ran into L will view the next reappearance of thes. disease. poriodical or temporary stars and find

eity by daybreak surrounded the barracks,

proter tion. Tied by Japanese for Meanwhile the enang foren were fight- The oliers said that thousands wished Savages ran into the house after him and or forty of the Hain We Ju g among themselves There is consider periodic, though they any now appear to able fecting between the Germans and the that other regiments had to be sent in those struck this defenceless man with

to surrender. The numbers were so great in be accidental

with the Japanese of the "The following are among the principal Turks, and there was an open rupture set in their collection.

sticks ant

until he fell, and the next day the variable stars visible to the naked eye, itween the Turks and the Arabs serving in the Turkish army. The Inter turned

Japanese occupying this house claimed the present age: Algul Persei, which KOMIN

In a Daneens hospital were found damages for their alleged broken windows. through ite changes in a day and on the Turks, refused to fight, and de

HOM English soldiers taken wounded hours. Mira Ceti, in 334 days; Cepheiclared themselves adherents of the Heinontier in the empaign.

No doubt these braves will way thera Jusines serious than the

One bod been was some reason for beating their

victim a prisoner for two years. day's; a star in Aguilar, în 72 days; a start the Ag the troops was the hostility

patien

Forder, the Jerusalein missionary, whe

1 met Mr. in order to save themselves, but if this

Britisher had

done anything against show themselvra in

to the Germans, who could was working among the Bedouins. At the Japanese law, why was he not charged utbreak of the war fermas warned the with the offence at their Police Station Thirty Bydrae changes in 442 days and Picty, Bone who left the barneks were Turks 19 artist Mr. Forder. bean when they took him there.

Thus potice 2 hours, while the periods of some of the struck and spat upon and went in fear

of their lives.

influence with the Bedouins was impar officer in charge of the station expressed many years.

· Lant. To-day on Armenian came to me and

Mr. Forder for more than two regret for benling him and sont a guido Thirty four Cygai rompletes its change of asked what he should do with thru Car Seats was treated like a common islam with him home aver the bridge. garle in 1K yenra

144 Brys The

and herded in gool with the worst types. [bright star Capella, in tim Constitution Mans, one of them wounded, sheltered at himately he was sent to Danseus

It is said that the Chief of the Hain We du Police has been dismiss от Aurxine. will be found to have increased his house, tu keegi then from the extreme parale. He in half starved, but thorough changed (1), and thing two policemen in brightness dur

fury of the present century encircling CRE

people. Those pught in war Hring

have been discharged, but the watch and while, on the other hand, one of the seven tint that they were fitunate to escape days had indionted the trend of events.

ankly comfery happy today.

The Baseus money marked in recurt chain have not yet been returned to the bright stara in Crane Majorie has from the Danes. diminished in lustre.

Two weeks ago English notes were worth

We hear so much of the Japanese system 181 per cent, of their face value. Cingeral of civilization, but no civilised country. decrease in the brightness of variablo`ntarn 1 myself witnessed many incidenta alow, Allenby's break through in the roasiai in the world would permit a man-lunt hann brez a mystery to many modern in the fear of the Turkish soldiers of sector set them up to 42. Yesterday, on of the nature, and it was only when the astronomera, hit it will be found, 1 be violence from the population. live, that this variation in the brilliancy groups of the enemy abled in darknoten at once rose to 80 per cent, while in a pool of blood that they stopp

a distant view of the British troops, din savages thought their victim was dond f light is caused by the position of these corners of the stress waiting an oppor Turkish paper collapsed; 1 in only worth beating him. variable stars and the mavements of the unity to give themselves up without 18 per cent of its face value, and hardly planetary syslein affecting them.

to

be regular. harmonious, and

anys and hours; Herculae, in d

21

in Cofobite in 324 days, and a star near Csgui. in dod days and 0 hours.

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TURKA" AURRENDER FREELY.

(Continued at foot of neat column.)

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owner.

Antung, 10th November, 1018.

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