68.05 pam. 0.30 am. 33. 1.06 Rim. 620 ame 20. 5.28 aim. 0.38 pam: 2% 030 pam, 7.07 pam. fancied. "resemblances to. a waggon awn by three horses tandem. Hive the seven brightest stare of the Plough, have a proper motion in the ltetion anne rifting way from the Sun, at the rate fyecondl, and seeming group, while. Alpha, Dubhe, Eto, the' rection. These moves Wenetnavch, aye 'a proper notion editions of these stars after. a lapse Of several conturtes, 'The. star Zeta' the handle of the" Ploug!
haa" minute" companion, Alcor,* ensily separated by the naked "iene la itself u telescopic double, having w pale green companion of about 42 magnitude, egret. (Delta the handle exactly la the col Faugh the autumnal equ the Plough have following names {rom Alpha to 2a: Dubhe, Meruk, Pheeda, Megres, Alioth, Mizar; und Wehetnaseh; The si ball star Mizar is called. Alcor.) The star loong aimoat xoetiy in on een of fifth maygitude.
"of Upsilon the heal of the Grent Hear) am one component of which is fair Iyrights they ave holt a degree apart, A'number of interesting nebulae' will tye" found. within. the body of) the Fou, the) nearest the star Alphas Rising axe ServiNe oF Day Mises Eau, he stretched out his arms and flapped them just as the children do in the kindergarten game.
We looked to see him soar gracefully upwards. All he accomplished, however, was to set in motion a train of incidents, but not before wwe glimpsed the true cause of his erratic behaviour. It was Captain Skinks, of course. In that neighbourhood, it always is Captain Skinks. The good Captain fancies that the earth's population comprises himself and his motor ear. We have long since assigned him 2 part in a projected musical comedy, giving him a song, to the tune "tin Captain Jinks of the Horse As the reader will have inferred, Captain Skinks was emerging. The Chinese constable, whose motto appears to be "Safety first," spied him before anyone else and immediately spread his wings.
The tip of the constable's left pinion connected with the right eye' of our riesha coolie, causing him' to swerve sharply in front of an oncoming motor car, driven by pseudo-Greek. We infer he is such from his language, Having applied the emergency brakes, he asked us in a grieved tone, "Wottinellduyuhthinkyuhdoinhu?" There was 10) time for a snappy retort in pseudo Greek because, in swerving, the rear of our ricsha collided with a dusky Eastern lady in silk trousers, and veil. Her shriek so. startled another riesha coolie that he let go of the shafts, thus making his fare do a somersault backwards out the conveyance. While not s0 hefty as the Chinese constable, he seales fairly well on the hoof.' He rolled directly upon a small dos The dog promptly bit him in the equator. Jumping to his fect, he! aimed Kick at the dog, but landed instead on the shin of a Chinese spectator. The spectator immediate-ili!" and raised protest. In doing s0, he caught another specta-for under the chin. The two then thoughtfully eliminated themselves from the main scene. That is to say, they rolled out of the arena in their struggle.
Tu chia month the foraings Increase 29 minut mich) and the afternoons 20 minutes (43m, at Cree reich), making a total of W-oninutes For the whole month.
Stoutat, Tiste AT Muax NooN, 120° E.G, She om 40.98 yo; ah Som Baan Abrsers ov tHe Puincital Pawers first-days of the month, Gut too near Mauceny.—A, morning star in. the
the Sun for naked eye observation. hecumes "an ing. Star after' ts lor conjunction with, the Sun, Gris Ie "ovens from. Arie through Taavus into 'Gemini, the constellation Which it" enters at' the. close. of. the 'On lat the Kurth 138,360,000 mil porihelie, the shortest, dis Kane on' kth. declination north, 2 Set at 5.10
Venes.—Rising about Ralf-an-ofer, Sauce num Is, t00 mone the ye observation es through, the ce Jation "Aries ud en Drightness increases somewhat from 33 det, though its distance to the earth its phise. Morea! Wises on Ist at fon 16th at 4.2 on doh at Mans—-An early morning star, mov: fag int" about I hour Vetere daybreak. Tt erosses the equator st and enters the northern homlas phere. in conjunction with Urano uth on "Toth, Rive on 16th at 225 aams on 30th aim, Ing bout toward the los Moves from Places, into Tis" Brightness, niehowgh that of Siriuse—i.6, oSetinit~ Moving retrogrine in Seor pie-Gphivews, "Saturn Hses. tu Iniidie'of the month at shout the el of the evening twilight. "Its brightness Increees ropily to that of Avetures and Vega tion with the Sun, thet hvervation daring the" whole night a Nery "propritioun." A'yood apert plana ork eelesope wil shaw its Hinge ery Bie mow ud ome oP i tale 85) "and Thetis (loth man) Weer tan "Gnayn. 88), daper or Rhea (both
Jat at 84 pag on Teh at Dion both Pheer near "the vernal potty ses fhanosrAn curly "muening: star in pectrourope to. he not, of a gaseous ture, but a cluster of how ithas never been resolved into distinct wars. by" the" telescope, Dubhe und Mertk ire. termed the' pointers, vecause they point cut the Pole Star, longed" about five times. their ent distance, "Tt is to. be noticed Merak are bout 5° puts ud "Benetna about' 25° parts "the pave fire 13" apart 50" distant.
Supposing the observer to look for the Great Wear at 9 o'clock in the even: riy. he will Thing were now fairly thick. Captain Skinks was hemmed in and was reciting passages usually delete from school textbooks. The pseudo-Greek driver had been reinforced by the charioteers of four trams and three omnibuses, holders of ringside seats. We appeared to hold the centre of the stage in an ance of impromptu perform-
Another."
The Chinese constable, all thoughts of flying now abandoned, pipeeeded to doit. Our ricsha coolie was still nursing his eye, The constable, thinking, no doubt, to help matters, smote him on' the head. Here we ceased to be amus-lusty and. February, to {he cant of orth, the pointers highest These suteessive' positions are. ime" niet with there' which" the Comstetation, oceupien ta. consequence its ureal motion around the Pate
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