Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-02-03
NOTES OF THE WEES



= church, It being, In round numbers sixty day
4. to the end Of the Easter festival, The dsfou
= reader viii remember that this Is the time c
y preparation for the solemnities Of lent. Prot
Z estsut Christians ordinarily neglect the devo
tionai observancss Of The season, but Paul de
D. clares that he was Gin ylgils oftan,n and "l
7 Hastings often" and Paul is coed authority
e. The sun rises at fourteen miautes bafors ssyeE
o'clock, and sets at fourteen minutes before
Eve. The day is ten hours and ~twenty-eighi
minutes lesg, or twelve minutes longer thaa on
g. Sunday last, and 6ortT-two minutes longer than
on New Years day. The neon rises at thir-
teen inmates before two in the morning In the
constellation ScorpiO; she is in her last guar
ter. Mars now sets at twelve minutes to slew
en- in the evening; be is in the constellation
: Aries, the ran be may be found in the west
4 srn heavens on 4 clear night, and distinguished
By bis brightness and rudy eoler- By psrse-
! Feing attention one nlghtafser another be will
= be distinguished from the fixed stars. When
found, notice he brightest stars about him,
90 that you may learn to recognize the sien
: Aries at an times. Toe easless planet to find
AZ the present time is Jupiter il The reader
will give us a little attention re viii show
hlm-or her, for We especially invite the ladies'
to he exploration Of he skies-how to ind
this most beautiful Of the wandering orbs, with
the exception Of the qusenly Venus. We pre-
sumo the reader kncEs where to look for that
well known portion Of Ursa Major, or the
Great Bear, that is called Charles Vain, and
sometimes the Wagon and Horses. Two Of
these stars are also known IS the Pointers, be-
cause they point TO the-rorth pole star. To
tie left Of these two pointers are two other
stars Of similar size and bFillisucy, and lying
almost parallel with them. The four stars
make a rough square, somewhat narrower at
the bottom than at the top. Place yourself,
the first clear night, where you can see these
four stars and also the eastern portion Of the
sky. Then imagine a line drawn straight
down through tie pointers, and a similar line
through the other two stars. Following these
two lines you will arrive at a group Of bright
stars in TIE essterly part Of. the sky. One Of
these will at once command your attention by
its brightness and size, and its steady clear
light, distinguishing it not only from the group
Of bright stars among which it is placed, bat
from any other star at the time visible in the
sky. This bright aud beautiful object is
Jupiter, whs, With his four moons and bis
belts, is one Of the most wonderful and striking
Of the "hssvenly host " when viewed through
the telescope. Close attention will make the
observant gaEer aware, that south Of the daz-
zling Jupiter there is another star not much
smaller than he, and greatly resembling him
IN the pale clearness OF bis light. This star
is Sirius, the Dog star apparently the largest
Of all the fixed stars. Some distance to the
left Of this, a little smaller and Of similar
color, is still another noticeable star; it is
Proeyon, the Little Dog. This is, however,
taSiRg US frsm the main object Of our atten-
ten those who have not INDUCED in such sz-
eursions al the one we are now enjoying, have
yet to learn with what delight the star gazeT
Wanders from one glorious orb to another
with what inexpressible ihterest he listens as
I" night unto night utteTeth knowledge" Re-
turning, then, to Jupiter, which we have found
By aid Of the two imaginary lines drawn from
Urea Major, we fad 10 bis immediate neigh
borhoOd four OF Eve bright stars; these are a
portion Of the constellation Leo, the Lion.
Let these stars be well noticed; count them,
observe their situations with respect to each
other, just as you would observe a few houses I
OF trees that you wanted to know again when
you saw them. When you have done this
thoroughly, you will never afterward be at a
loss to find Leo, the Lion. Many very agree
able results viii follow from this familiarity s
with one of the consultations; we will mention l
one and we commend it to the especialnotice of !
the reader. The plsnets, Of course, i~nVaria-
bly, move from vest to east, but az thsir posi-
ton with respect to that Of the earth in its
annual pa'h continually varies, they are some :
times in their motions what is called direct, at I
others retrograde, at others stationary. This :
means that they sometimes appear TO be nov :
.ng from west toward east, at others from east :
toward west, at others they remain for a time =
apparently moving at all. How a '
straightforward motion should pre- '
these apparent changes, may form a sub {
sct Of future explanation. What we want to :
attention TO now, is this if the positions !
II the bright stars in Leo be well fixed in the :
mind, and also the position Of Jupiter with re-
Ipect 10 these stars, Il will soon be discovered a
hat the planet is changing his place that be Fl
Is leaving one star and approaching another f.
This observation carried on, week after week, @
$ Of The deepest interest; we are sure our
sdy readers, especially, wouldfeel a Taptur- s.
,us joy in following the bright path Of kin Ii
lred worlds. Such an occupation as this, is, &
indeed, cOnversing with nature, and drawing 4
rom her secrets she eonhdes only to loving
Ind patient pupils. To find Leo and Jupiter
10 the task we set those who place them .
sa ander our guidance, to perform before
they receive our next Sundays lesson. Let
he task be performed devoutly ; remember !,
hat "day unto day uttereth speech, and night
INTO night showeth knowledge" How silent
IS the night-how deep the everlasting hush
that rsigus among Che radient tenants OF the 0
yet they have a language which the u
student, who in a devout spirit follows the d. s
-sctions We have laid Gown, viii quickly learn i
20 understand they breath a music that will y
bring JOY 10 bis nnost soul. \
what though 10 solemn silence all, v
Move round this DARK terrestrial ball :
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