Logan Republican | 1905-10-25 | Page 5 | To Herness the Stars

To Ksrness the Stars. A man who la fond of working out statistics and astronomical calcula- fl tlons, figures that the cotton factories H of Lancashire, England, at present H spin uhout 155,000,000 miles of thread jH n day, bo that in six seconds they make enough to ko around tho earth. H In ono in on h they spin enough to H reach from hero to the moon. Tho jH product of eighteen days would reach ll fro i.i the sun to Neptuno. Counting H 310 working days in tho year, it H would tnko thorn, at this rate, Sou years to' spin enough thread to reach the nearest star. H