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Show THE DAY OF THE COMET. , By tho time the Standard reaches its patrons this evening the tail of tht comet shall have wrapped itself around the earth and were it not that the papers have made extended reference to the astronomical event, few would know that anything out of the ordinary is occurring. By midnight tho nervously apprehensive will begin to draw long breaths of relief, as at that hour the earth will cuicrge from the embrace of the tafl and continue on its orbit unharmed. Th comet will not be ieen tonight, although the western horizon, hori-zon, near tho point of the setting1 sun, may show n slight brightness from th ia! but by Friday evening a good view of the celestial stranger should bo obtained by looking almost directly west, close to where the eon disappears. From now until the comet fades from view on its long journey back to Neptuno, the evening western sky must be searched for the retreating vagrant. After a time, the "flaming sword," which appeared ap-peared as early as 24S B. 0., and has reappeared at regular intervals ever since, will become scarcely a memory and be almost forgotten, save by astronomers. Then, in 1985, there will be another period of "comet parties" and not one in 10,000 of those old enough to re-member re-member the present visitation will be alive. |