Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-01-04

minutes 26 seconds from Greenwich. .,.
SUNDAYS.
IAN. Jan J2asSe s suly sas g, 1S m 29 9 e e 81.
March 2. 9, is, %, 80. Sept; Z, "A, q, q.
JaSe MnS i l. j. l. 15 S' 81 90. Dec. i. IL 81, IS.
The first full moon after the vernal equinox
will occur Sunday, April 9. By the rule gov,
erning the movable feasts OF the Papal anu
Protestant Churches, the Sunday next sue
ceeding that is Easter Sunday, which, there
fore, falls upon April 13
Sum in periges, Jan Ss, S,3P.m; E!.nu
SIMMER snnn rsliic ssolstice, june Il, H. i:53 p. m.
Sun in apogee July 2, p. m.
Aq,"mnsl Mn,e9 sa,sSes sSenGpS. Be-, SEPT & iS 49,
Sun in pergee, Dec. 81, 8 p. m.
ECLIPsEs.
There will be three eclipses during 1879
two of the sun, and one OF the moon put
they are of little interest to dwelIers In TINS
Jan. %, at six O'Clock in the morning, the
sun will be eclipsed The phenomenon Will be
annular along narrow belt extending IRON ron
east longitude So deg. and south latitude 211s
deg to 14l1< deg. east of Washington and
7sI deg. north. 1t will be visible as a partial
eclipse to q distance of about 35 deg. on each
side of that belt, the area including about two.
tyirds of South America and the southern hall
July 19, at three O'Clock in the morning,
there will be another annular eclipse OF the
sun, the central line running from longitude
and and ssl south. It viii be visible as a par
| tial eclipse from a large part OF the south
Atlantic Ocean, nearly the whole Of Africa
| al Southern Europe and Asia
moon will be eclipsed, being at the time below
our horizon.
| THE PLANETS.
| V,llcan-It now is almost certain that with
| In the orbit of Mercury there are TWO or more
| ulanets. A transit of one of these may be ex-
early in the day to be visible from Chicago.
| Mercmy-Will attain his greatest elonga
tions from the sun as follows; Ion - 70.
deg.); May IA (2S deg); Sept. us deg')
Dec. rs (251S deg.) ~ ,,o
East, setting after the sun; March ~ l9
deg); July "a (s7 deg:l Nov 20 sna Css aeg9 9.rc,
4, April il, June Is, Aug. Is, Oct o. ant
The most favorable time for seeing hin
will be in the early evening OF March ~. A
that date Venus will be about deg. fur
ther east than Mercury, and may serve as a al
rectrix. ,,
more than eight months. Her r0 superior per ,n con 2
nearly half an hour east OF the sun at Tn
opening OF the year, little to the west
Cspricornus, and under the head stars OF tina
J | constellation Jan. IL. On the Soo Vi u
month she is in conjunction with Jupiter
passing AZ min. southwark OF that planet
near the tail of Capricorn. In the evening q
March she will be about II deg. mort
from Saturn, both being nearly la line wit
, the eastern side of the Square of Pegasu:
, April l5 she will pass just below the Pieiade:
and ten days afterward be 6& deg. mort
, from Aldebaran. She passes through th
southern part (feet) of Gemini during Ma.
, skirts the northern edge of the Beehive clu
: ter June l3, is l deg. north from Regulu
noon of July 8 passes only Is minute
north from Uranus. She attains her creates
, eIongation east as deg. 80 min.) the nigi
Of July 15 and her greatest briliiancy Au
10. and is very near the moon at noon Of Au
4 2O' She is in inferior conjunction with Il
, | sun Sept. %, and thence becomes mornir
star, rising before the sun during the remai
der of the year, and attaining her create
: brilliancy Oct. so.