Show abo or way tle luminous zone which encircle tho heavens was called on account ft it peculiar brightness by the greek galakatos Galak tos alie GU guary axy by alic romans via lactea Lac tei the milky way passing like a stream across thu filoia here growing narrower and there spreading at ond point divided and at another seeming follow with nn increased and volume it became known in Cli incao annals as the celestial riter alio ivil aborigine of mexico who ie gard this band of light aa the path ly which alie spirits of the departed brae nii chad the happy hunting grounds it the river of abuls the in every age hai given to wonder and and has been viewed with eigil interest by alio learned aud tho ignorant still diio cause of bow of the nightly arky long letna ined a matery my tery alie ferule imagination of the greek philosophers the long continued observations of ahn arabian ationo iner and alie carel ul scrutiny of heavens which followed the revival ot learning alike faidel to cherel source of the beautiful lul alie none i this was among the revelations of tho telescope and yc oiher had scanned the blome more than halt n century with hi eye of the and ba fore milton an truth could ofilio inoue and ample road dust is fola ond stars this silvery belt is visible al all of the year but hi latitudes norih of alie during tin anmer and autumn roon thi li is in the southern hemisphere than in the northern though in each it vanea both in and brilliancy brilli incy when examining this zone of stars with his reflector tho elder was led to the conclusion that not less thun fifty thousand of these luminous bo lies were included in a br eidth of two degrees and clial ono hundred and sixteen thousand passed inre in re view before him in a quarta of an hour the countless multitude of cheso distant suns are irregularly grouped clusters are numerous especially in the southern part in certain regions they ere strewn with great uniformity in others patched of them are succeeded by intervals in which few are seen while in other as the coal sack in ern cross and the dark spot in the constellation of that name are looked for in vain not only the milky heavens in its vicinity appear more thickly set with stars than other portions of he celestial canopy but whether this is actually the case or owing to the position rom they are viewed cannot be determined everyone is i aruthur with the fact that if he looks towards the horizon when rain is falling the drops moie than aheu ho directs his view to above it though the number teaching tha sura face in each instance is the same it is po nible that if lie eartle occupied a different position in space the biars in another portion of the would bacome the galaxy and that taij band of bril giants is owing to an apparent and not to H real proximity of tho stellar guns whilo the stars in the galaxy whose blended light alone ia perceived by the unaided eye aie so thickly strewn as to defy every ef fort to ascertain their number they are but a part of the shining bibs which roll through space these a moderate places HI one hundred and every UK create in the rane of alie tel ascone enlarges the amount if each of alimo self luminous bodies likit our nearest star the sun is a centre around which so many globan i evolve as are now known to derive their light and hent from the ruler of the duy the multitudes of world reaches a number which the hunein intellect fails to pros p it is when engaged in buch contemplations thai man is anle aware of liis bibi pow ers by his inability to the infinite while at the same thuie he obtains enlarged views of alf wisdom and power mid governa |