The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-04-03
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ern briilfantse '1Ty 1TywentEysfolf & Won degree degree.
west ref Uapallaisa" wonderful VARIABLE
star in Perseus called .Algels ors the
Demon star. 1t changes from the sec
iond to the fourth maen enitnde IN period
of little less than three; days, ,sthough
it usua11y appears Of the second magai-
tude, enlyo1einainiBg "a fourth magili-
tude star, fol-, about 20 minutessnssI Iyre is
now Tow down in the northwest, its
tsehiefsstaf. Veeas scintillating brilliantly
as it approaches the horizap,v aadinot
far distant is the noble Cross in Cyguus,
stan dangsauprignt saad resting On Tie
Milky Way. Looking sfram sthe Cross
to the point overhead the. constellation
lCassiepeia aOnaaysbe eeognhed by Tie
hye bright stars ts.sf forming, p figure srs-
-senfbiing The ktter W.
vs. Theo great s4uais Of Pegasus 'iHpde Is de-
scending in the west and the hugsphs-
ter of Cetus or the whale, with its varia-
qss III ssa 2 ss sjaaEs tss as4ts
east the. .peintara ppefanosau sEd, die
guardians Of the ipole i in the LiitatllelBea
hang below the'p01e Star. Astronom-
ieal itrbits may. oer picked fupo alF Uivaear
the sky. like. the small cluster of, the
Beehive, only visible on very clear
nigbts5s midway betwesnsC Castbf aaaif TIE
horizon, and the, remarkable ,nabula in
.AhdaeHaeda,, = between Perseus and
Pegasus, sWAieh dslseasiiy1 seeh by the
naked eye, and resembles two cones of
light joined, at their bases
We have given only then bare frame
yors oi so%s af As peqsp 81 sga on-
ems. Thosawho oHnhld enjoy tNe poet:
ry Of the stars must be familisrM with the
treasures or classic 1bre. The heavens
were the embed iinant trexstffedh hopes
and devout, aspirations. to the ancient
Greeks. Every hnman passion, every
godhke deed alidrstory 6sspinsed on
tetSus swinklers, ahd Tie highest re-
weN that crowned asnDile' lffe was a
place among the stars; The Pleiadss
were a me1iorial u sisterly affection;
the Twins were sacred to brOtherly, de-
yotioh.; b. th&l BulEwas the 6ffM assumed
by, Jupiter; when be carried raWe1ihap<
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Medusa's hea1l ihissink f@isha serp peenats;; eeats;'
Cassiopeia sits in ;queenly stats;oP Per-
seis delivers Andromeda from the.
dragon !, the Lyrewasthe oHS 0n Which
Orpheus played with such. power, thad
the rivers ceased to flow, the wild beasts,
forget otstheiniNildhessAisd sh6 hountainsi
came to listen, to his song,hsE IN vasT
Every one can not be an astronomer
and ieotnprehehd the mysterious ih16&eLs
ments, the rising and setting, the Drift
ing forward and backward, the velocity
of motion OF the myriad stars thag sad u
the firmament and indicate the hours Of I
eternity on the great dial Of heaven:
Every one can not be FAMILIAR enough
With Greek and Roman mythology to
enjoy its poetic reprnd ton Eamenk the
stars. But every person Of ordinary in
telligeno oeEinay learn the names and po-
sitions Of the principal stars swhileetheH
study is not only one that cpltiyates the
irnag ginati0n but 'exalts ana elmo obles The
mind d and aAd heart, for p9s necean, twatehii ]
the movements of the starry host with
4edling ofievervnt ad-
nlilration y fpr that 0mpine netsat POKER tAata
holds in harmonious action The forces
that sway theinHhity OF space. soe na' :