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Show rsrlli Nrsresl NrltMnr. Years ago It was auppowl that SIrlus wns'tiearcr (lio earth thau any other star, and lis light required oicr three yeura to reach ui, Kow, however, Alplia Ccntaurl, n coiniamtlvcly Inslg-iilllcnut Inslg-iilllcnut star of tho southern licet ens, Is known to bo our nearest neighbor, and Hlrlus Is so far renioiod that tholiunian mind falls to graip the dlstanco when expressed In tulles. Tho fact that light require from seventeen to twenty )cnn to cross tho swco b. tecn our lltllo earth and this giant orb Is scarcely more cosy to comprehend. com-prehend. If ono would appreciate tho magnlllccnco of this most brilliant of suns ho should not think It as near, but ruthcr let lilt mind make Hi aln attempt at-tempt to follow a, ray of light thither as It trueli on, unwearied, day and night, at the rato of 180,000 miles n seo ond for twenty years. Doston Herald. |