The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-10-05
Providence JouTnal.J
Pin y-e5s i'm October.

SATURN will retain during the month the
preeminence of being the most interesting
planct among the brotherhood. Having 50
recently passed his opposition with the sun,
he is still nearly in his brightest phase. and
is also very favorably situated for obserVa-
ton. He rises now about O'Clock IN the
afternoon, and reaches the meridian at II.
AT the close OF the month he will rise not
far from o'clock. He is therefore visible
throughout the whole night, and Is readily
recognized in the eastern sky as soon as 1t
is dark enough for the stais to appear by
his steady light and the absence OF other
stars in his immediate vicinity.
JUPITER remains during the month an
evening star and the most brilliant object
among the myriad stars that stud the sky,
although he has passed beyond his best po-
sition for observation. He reaches the me-
ridian about O'Clock aud sets Just before
midnight. At the end OF the month he Will
set about 10 O'clock.
VENUS still leads the morning stars, and
is fast approaching the sun. She rises now
about baif-past ia little more than an hour
before sunrise. At the end or the month
she will not rise till nearly 6 O'Clock, and
will then be so near the sun IS to be almost
eclipsed in his rays. The close proximity
OF Venus and Mercury have made them ob-
iec.s Of srecial interest to star-SaZerS during
the last week OF September.
MERCURY is 4 morning star until the 24tii,
and on the first OF the month rises and sets
at almost exactly the same time with Venus,
but is too near the sun to be seen. He is in
conjunction With Mars on the 18th, in SUI
perior conjunction with the sun on the oath,
and in conjunction with the moon on the
oath. but as these phases are Invisible they
are not of much pracfieal importance.
MARS is numbered among the morning
stars, but as he rises about half-past o. he
Is still too near the sun to be seen In the
morning twilight. At the last OF the month
he rises not far from O'Clock, nearly three
nuarters .os an hour before the sun, and
bright eyes may possibly catch glimpse OF
the rudy star.
URANUS cannot be seen in October, un-
aess it be with telescope 10 the early morn
lEg.
NEPTUNE rs at his brightest, for he comes
into opposition with the SAB on the 3lst !,
bat 1t requires good telescope to get q
sight ,a.f this star, whose nsean.dstance from
the sun is more than twenty-seven hundred
Inillions Of miles.
THE October snoon comes into contunc-
ton with Jupiter on the 4th, the evening
AFTER her first quarter. She is un conlunc-
tiou with Saturn On the 9th, tWo,days before
her full. .On the 45th she Is pear Mercury,
Vents, and Mars. but as this Is rttle day OF
the neW N DON the celestial Gaartette Will
only be visible to the eye OF the imagination.
The planetary phen<snena OF the month are
singuiarsy asonotoRoes, but all days cannot
be tieid-Gays on cesvstial annals, and the
months are swiftly passing that ssisl carry
lis 10 the opposition of Mrs, In 1879, as
well as the years that aatl intervene before
the transit Of Venus, ia 1882.
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Mr. Beecher pYefaced isis first IecttaIe in
&sn Francisco with glosgiGg complimest
to California. Before the audience could
appIaud small and apparently selfeoE-
mpning voice in rhe gallery said, I" Taify !"
The crowded house roared, aud with 3ust
the 4aintest twinkle OF the left eyelid, the
great preacher eoughed and vent on with
the rBsin subject.
Twe students at Amherst college have
been suspended and. demerit marks imposed
upon othars by the faculty in consequence
OF practical Joke upon a frenshman, end
Ing in a mock duel. Their feiloW-students
have Detltio.ed forareyersal OF the decisions
Of the faculty, as no one was injured Dy toe
icke.
lis reported that Kimpton, whose extra
ditloa has been the subject OF angry letters I
betWees the Governors of South carolina
and Massachusetts, has determined 70 go 20
South csroijDs, having bsen PROMISED s'iaa
treatment. 4, d