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bl MM com lan AN L & St Crotx Avis 76TH YEAR. CHRISTIANSTED. V 1. U. S. A. FRIDAY 9t SEPTEMBER 1921. ' Encke’s comet has now just been | sighted in the affing. Prof. C. D. Per- . rine, American director of the Argen- . tine national observatory of Cordoba, | reports first seeing it July 23. Encke’s i comet’s is the most interesting of all the | comets (o the astronomers, aithough it | never comes near enough tuv the earth to | make a show. [t was first identified as ’ a periodic comet in 1818, when Fncke, a . Germesn, calculated its time of revolution | as about t~ree and a third years. I With this point proved he was able to trace back s d show that the comets that had been seen in various former years, back to 1786, were this same comet. He was ahle to figure ahead and predict the tisae of the return of the comet, and the point in the heavens where it should be expected. He hit it within three hours. It was found that the period of revo- lution of the Encke comet is decreasing l about three hours ¢ach revolution, which means that in due time it will be drawn into the sun. Encke believed that this change in the motion of the comet was due to a resisiing medium in space, which ac ed as a brake. But his as- sumption is no longer regarded as the true explanatior. Comets are erratic at best and many things interfere with their movements. —lb:d. Wili be given to anyone who can give | the necessary information leading to the | discovery of the party responsibie for . the disappearance of a l% = > i Fishing Boat belonging to the undersigned, or lead- ing to the discovery of the boat itself which disappeared from Mannings Bay beach between 2nd and 3rd September. J. SCHOU, Est. Mgnnings Bay. NOTICE. HEREBY notify to my customers and lpublic in general that from the Ist Sept. I will sell FRESH BEEF (young cattle) at 22c. per lb. for steak and 20c. for stew, at my stall, opposite Apothe- cary Hall. F. A. LINDQVIST. Christiansted, 29th Aug. 1921 THEST. CROIX AVIS 18 printed and published daily (Sundays and Holidays excepted) by G. Johansen at the Avis Olffice. TERMS---50 cents monthly in advance, 2 cents per single copy. Katered as second-class matter May 26th 1917 at the Post Office at Christian sted, St. Croix, V. L. of the U. S. A., un- der the Act of March 3. 1879. Contribution to this paper will be glad- lg received when the same deals win mat- ters of general interest, and s ac:ompa- nied with the authHrr’s name, as a quar- antee of good faith. Thez editor caunot be responsible for the vicws of his correspon- dents nor does he necessarily endorsethem. e EPSOM SALTS FROM LAKE. In the summer the water of a small lake near Tlinton, B C., evaporates, leaving a crust of Kpsom salts (magnzsia sulphate) from four (o six Inrcnes thick. Under tnis layer waich is practically pure is a sa2cond layer several feet in thickness but containing impurities of various kinds. The salts are dug trom tn 2 lake ir muaen the same manner as ica is cat and larvested, picks, bars, siovels et: b2ar usel. A coasider- able gqaaacity of the pure sulphaie from tne app:r layer is shipp2d to the United States. —"he Pathfinder, Aug. 20th. ENCKE’S COMET NOW COMING. Every year we have an average of two or taree cometary visitors, but ihey har ily ever have the grace to show their face. Usually they lark just around tne corn2r and vent spite by throwing rocks at us and playing hob with our weather. Undoabtedly the Pons-Win- necke comet nas had its effect in mak- ing weather conditions this summer specially severe, though that is not the only disturbing cause. Meteors of un- usually large size have fallen and these meteoric bodies have no doubt been cast off by the swishing of the comet’s tail as it passed the earth. The great comet of 1882 gave off simi- lar meteors; in some cases these me- teors were of such huge size that they were seen in broad daylight and seemed to the observer to rival the sun itself in intensity. The present writer saw one of these gigantic meteors at that time, and for a moment thought that the end of the world was coming. : No. 210 - The Texas Gompany : B ? lT pays to be careful about your ° | 1 Gasoline. | S 0 choose the best and stick to it. ‘ TEXACO GASOLINE | is made and tested by the most ‘ modern refining and laboratory me- ' thods. } You cau depend upon its quality i all the time. 1f you want to get the most out | of your car always use ‘ TEXACO GASOLINE | FOR SALE AT | JOHN ALEXANDER, ' % Agents. | % Christiansted and its Districts. | - Large “Assortment | OF Victor Records | including “LOVE NEST (thegwords) BHARRY LLAUDER’S | Old and New | Fox Trots, One Steps, Waltzes, Medley i Waltzes, | PIANO & VIOLIN SOLOS. 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