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Show FIRST VIEW OF HALLEH MET Those who havo been anxiously waiting to cast their eyos upon Hal ley's comet may do so any morning when tho sky Is clear, at about i i o'clock. Many people have been on the lookout for the fast fleeting body for some time, and during tho past few days havo really lost sleep In . their endeavor to get a gllmpso of tho visitor. Halley'8 comet has been talked of and looked for by those night workers slcco April 19th, on which date it was stated by astronomers the "trouble "troub-le ball" might at 3:30 In tho morulns be viewed by the naked eye. Kvery morning, early, police offl. cers, reporters, railroad men and various vari-ous others safeguarding the Interests o tho coming day havo watched the i heavens In the east endeavoring to ! he the first to view the heavenly vis-j vis-j Itor. Their Interest was rewarded i at 3: 4 o yesterday morning. The oom-' oom-' et was Been Just above the skyllno i of the mountains to the east and a llttlo to th enorth of where the sun rises. Tho head was pointing down-! down-! ward, the tall gradually spreading j Into oblivion In too form of a slight curve. As daylight approached, It became be-came lost to view. The visitor will be moving toward the earth, growing larger and larger as It approaches every day until after aft-er May ISth, then being dimant practically prac-tically 13.000.u00 miles fTho combined com-bined foeed of- the earth and comet In their mutual approach Is about 50 miles per second, the earth traveling 19 miles and the comet 31 miles Tho I distance between the comet and the ! eun now Is approximately 54,000,000 I miles, between the comet and the j earth's orbit 38.000,000 miles, and b?-i b?-i tween the comet and tho earth 93,000,-; 93,000,-; 000 miles The next visit to be paid the earth will be seventy-five years hence and who knows but that Mr. Halley's dis covery may at that time get Just :i little bit of a few million miles moro hilarious In Its wild career and treat 1 mother earth to a blazing good time, i |