, 1880-01-25

tne moon lower limb sets at sh- syn :, ~. y
morning, and at 6h. 42'1zm. Tomorrow NJ. tas
Full moon Tuesday at 4h. q q. m. ha,n:H9. aes9e.
IN the heavens at midnight She rflI 1s,. lsa
2 degrees south Of our zenith, Tbnredes esss onfy
Ing she Will set nearly in company with T.s wen
Monday, suns upper limb rises 7:18f asaaa ~
souths E@m- 4a.as. p. m: Sets 5:o84 y ~
Friday, SUMS upper limb rises 7:l5 a. N
souths 15m 3l6s P. m. Sets 5:l3H y: Z "a
+ sidereal time Thursday noon, aQh. am w..
Mercury Is near the sun; rising about ha1t ,'. :.
hour before him. n
Venus is q morning star. Thursdav al.
at4h. 4om. a. M; souths at ah 2sm a ~ .e sa s'es
three-fourths Of her disc is illuminated. ! NJ!
now approaching the SUN. ea94
Mars Il an evening star, Thursday south, ;.
ill., 47m. P. M ana sets at 2h. 8m. the fo1logt,-
morning. About ntne-tenths Of his t1umjnatsss ,
disc Is turned towards us. he is lttt1e sss.
from the Pletades, and Thursday evening vti, ~
! degrees east Of zeta tp aries, nearly ou i NJ:
between that star and the Pleiades. Aa7
Jupiter is an evening star: THURSDAY .o+, =.
sh. I'm. p. m- He Is short distance from ~. y
of Agunries. At 6h. lin. Tuesday eventar.,l
seqond satellite will pass behind. ths n1t.ts @s
Thursday evening, at 8h 35, the irst sstsr'a sssA
will pass behind him; and Friday .evenfr, '1s -
6h. 4m., the first satellite will pass from 49, -
us and the planet These phenomena are v;sf.,s
in good weather through q very small tejescoaa9
Saturn is an evening star nearly midway r.
tween the apparent places Of Mars and 1nn,ts,
and situated east Of south from the sautbas..
corner tn the square OF Pegasus. Thund,,I =
souths at 4h. l0m.. and sets at 10h. I'm. n ~
The breadth OF his ring Is apparently about tre:
thirteenth parts of It's. greatest diameter. .z'
=. Uranus souths Thursday at ah. I'm. 4. n y.
Is just visible to the naked eye in. q clear .tv.
but not favorab1y situated for evening ohsel1s.'
ton.
Neptune souths Thursday at 6h. SIN. Il =,
Right Ascension 2h. 301n.. and Qeciinatim 4
deg. IS min. north. He Is invisible e1c,nt
through telescope. =:
Next month will contain five Bundsys 1bti
occurs once every twenty-eight years axeent
where the continuity is broken By drooptne mt
the 29th Of February at the end Of cantu;;v
February contained five Sundays In 1s5s2, -.
t'DEAR Little Buttercup: Coxn will leam
not TO tackle Congressman from tAe Greas Wst
until he has taken their measure as huuorisn
IN his set-to with Horr, OF Michigan, tha. ofke,
day he was placed hors de combat by the lumber
man, and he will not soon recover Cox IL en-
fessedly very sharp and witty, and has 10 loaf
enjoyed the reputation Of = hnmortst IN Co..
gress that he has become jealous OF any one vho
trespasses upon his special domain; but Ha.
has taught the author Of why We Langhf
that Cox himself may be made the subject d
good -uatured merriment in the hands of| vtrI
antagonist Mr.. Coz must remember, too, vhel
he Is looking about for fit subject fdr biz joke
that nearly all OF our famous humorists- -Arte-
mus Ward, Mark Twain, Bret Harte, Mr.: Nasbr,.
and the rest nf them-were reared and first at:
tracted attention in the West, and that, IS In tbs
case Of Congressman Horr, he is liable to wake
IN the wrong passeuger" in new member: =:
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>CoScERSSG the proposed change in New
York Of choosing Presidential Electors, the y.
Louis Times Dem.) takes the floor and remarks
Il 1t looks now like elections in thts country had
come to be mere jugglery. How long such tray-
estes on fair balloting will command The
obedience Of the people and the necessary r.
speot for authority will depend On circumstances
or accident only. And herein patriotic ind
men see much which may veil cEeata
Wien we cast our ayes up in tha
direction Of Maine and observe the WAY ths
thing was managed there BY Garoellon m mapd the t!!
rest, We naturally fall into the hgbit qf mpsa:,
ziug IN strain very like that 'fn which TIE
Times fnduIceB ~