, 1880-01-11


OF thu nioon's lnwcr limb, and tho aElolal ttno
fur lighting tho first strcct-nmrfn eacI, circuit
lii this city, during tie coming wcuk unless nr.
derctl sooner on nccos.nt of l,d weather. Also
tho following times fur oxiinguishlpg tho ll,s,
lump: -
!s'!; M",sy::: , st1H s;tf + % H. s: b + H. H. s:S% l. n: r.
ywnes;1ay w',;aa,yrs:. s:1sE :. II. b:% i. IL s:59a!n.
5Sslsayy 5Sassssy s:sh s T. T. IT, T.: S s T. T. H. IT, s9 s t. n: n:
Friday ..:.- t0:5aA pm. 6;01 r. m. 5:h0 Il. IN.
y5s'''tsy 81. yiiu :3!:ii + i" H. ,SS S H. H. S:$S q
Mont'ny. SIMS upper limb rfaca 7:.17 Il. IN.
so''ths atn. Dl.Gs. p. nj. Hetg 4,h0!i p. IN.
Friday, Alln's upper limb rises I:Eb.1 a. m.
souths on. 5o.as. p. IN. sets 4:6ast.
sltorcnl ti.ne Thnsslay noon, 11i,. 3a1r,. lie. o.
New moon. suntny ttn-tuy), ut 4h. 4Dlu. D. M
The sun will he Ge'psed, hut not till utter hs
has SGT to NIL places Gust Of tito Upper 3issts-
bppl. twill begin about sunset at st. Joseph
Loayenworths aud knusus City. Thursday sha
pRsses north of Jupiter, md Saturday evenn4
t,orth Of Sattirn She wtt be In her tirst Quartel
tho night following noxt sun.lay.
Morcury Is ncnr tho sim, raang boforu him.
Vonus Ia morning stnr. Thursday silp risea
Mt 4h. 18m Il. ILL.,. a0uthH nt nh. I'm. d. ILL.,; 1bUut
two-thrsla Of her t,isu Ia Illuminated, She Ia no.
approaching tho sun.
Mars ia I'LL evening stnr. Thursday so,lths al
III. 2tn. =. m., and euts ut ah. B7 tAp following
morning. About nfne-ttllths III hiA Illuminated
disc In turned towards us. lie In few 1egreus
west from tho plola1cs and Is approaching Zc,t,
In Aries.
Jupiter II M ovcning star. Thursday g4ta ut
Gil. Him. p. IN. Ito Ii nutTly south frun tho ut
AQuarlcs. At sh. 1on,. this evening h!s sccora
stsellito will COMMENCE to tr.lnsIt tho planet,
Rnd tho shadow will follow 2lt. I'm. afterwards,
wednesday, ovoninK ut Oh. 05tn. =. NJ. the third
satellite will paas otf tho planet. Thurs4say Mt
iii. Him. p, IN. tho first sutollltn will como ous
from behind tho botly Of Jupiter. These phe-
nolncna texccrt tho shadow may be seou
through very email Telescope.
Saturn Is m cvc1llng atAr, nearly nldWny be-
tween tho apparent paces nf Mars and Jupters
and Situated east OF south FINN tho southeast
cornor in tue square Of peEasns. Thursiay ho
gouthB Mt 5h. I'm. D. H., md Sets at 1lh. l0n1. n.
H. Tho breadth OF hs ring system Is apparently
about ono-sovonth Of Its groatcst diameter.
Is 1ttst vlsl6'o to tho naked eyo ia clear sky;
but not favornbly situated for eyonfnS observe.
ton.
Ncptalno sout1,s Thursdny ut Oh. tom. p. IN,
Right Ascension eh. un,., md Decllnatlon "
deg. 81 min. north. 1Io 1s invisible except
through telescope.
THE Now York Homo Journal, In Its ro.
formed 0rthografyt spells tongue tt.rl1 which
Saxon spelling waA hingo" 7 whom or how 1t be<
cnr1a corrupted into tonglo 1s not cloar, tbs
IEotne journal observes that IA nclghbortug
organ Of tho body Is spelled lung, and not tongue
Thon, why should not tho muscular organ OF
speech ho aEain spoiled tung, ~ It formerly
wns?" It will bo stuff work for mn otyn,olog-
icnl stfck!er to glyo a good rcason agenst res.
toratiou uf tho old, correct md fonctto spelling
Of hsorofM Tho nFinoeton 1scutcu fos Janun,ye
tns very strong nrt1c1e on spelling rpfor1n from
Prof. March. Of Lafayette College, Pennsylvania
which culls tho attention of tho genealogical
scholars to numerous words like TINT Of tongue
which nro spelled In violation Of their ety1nology
or history, and ho asks thoIr assistance to huyu
the older aud moro fonatic orthografy rostoe0l.
We namo fow Of hIs list: Island WAS formerly
spelled 1dnd: sovereign wn4 spoiled by Milton
sorTnn, as 1t should be: foreign WIS form, from,
tho French, forum; rhymo was earlier aud bct-
ter spc1t r1fns delight Wits dEttc glamour sas
0da'cr; aceut wins sent French scnttr. Latin set,-
tiro. The should ho elected, ~ 1t throws the
ctymo1oxists Oh tho "eocnt" ot tho derivation.
Whole was earlier Spoiled ho3c, like ita knsfolk
hole, hnal, holy; aghast WIS earlier aottst ac-
curse was formerly spoiled acsrse. Affair ID tho
French d fatfe; annoy was eArl1er a1u1t ad-
dress was adFess. Affirm, atlx, afront, agrevc,
allegiance, apeaso, apEaso, Arrears, as,lago, ator.
ncy arc further examples OF words which
have Ind m extra consonRnt fastened
English and Fronch spelling Of debt w,ls
dctte; the ia modern Insertion, doubt was
formerly spoiled dosta: receipt had no ], In 1t in
former Hmea, NOR had feign any gin It. Prof.
Maroh gives mnny other examples Of wards
whose orthografy has been corrupted, gna hG
thinks uach progress backward should DO rc-
vnEsed.
THERE Is every roason to believe that tho
mort session Of tho Wisconsin Legislature, which
convcnes ut Madisou on Wednesday, Of thf
week, will bo q short, harmonious, md s,1oooss-
ful ono. The laws Of tho State have Just been
codinod and revised BY an Rblo commission, up
pointed for TINT purpose by tho Supremo Co,,ri
Judges, aftcE three years Of hnrd labor mt
grcat expense, 50 that tho weil-known titie h
bills Introduced Of To btll for ut not to atnctu
an net entitled nm not to levy tux upo1
dogs,'" or for gotne other amendment .
tho 1iovtscd Statutes, will not bo henrd Of durin
tho scsaton soon to commence. by wtBo anicfii'
mont to tho Constitution Of tho State, adopte
threo or four years ago, ali special, and )oea
lcgiaation bus boon prohibited, mud much ot tht
work OF former Legslatures Ia nov pcrforlat
by 1soar!s af Supervisors and Circuit Courts
sneh as changing tho n,ltn0 Of Mary Anu 61nit
to Mary Juno 1irpwa. ht,d authorizing minors Il
convey renl estnte, and 80 on. Al there IL II
United statos Senator to oioct, And no raIsoa
legislation proposed, there is no good renson VII
tho Republicans Of Wtacoalsi1t should not lnlita
tho good example OF the Democrats OF Soul
Cusulna and adjourn In thirty days Tho hcay
Republican ulntorty In both branches puts til
organization lnto their hands, ~ 1t also lnyHHIh
thetu the responsibility to see to 1t TINT no utM
than wiso and boncaco1t measures aro crystal
ltzed into laws and ti1ed upon tho statute-bnok
Gov: Smith will probably deliver his annue
nloasago Thursday afternoon.
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