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, 1881-02-19

Spttiat DttiuFrh TO The Chicago Trtbnnt.
CLINTON, ILL.,. Fcb. 1H.-A hrnvy snow-storM
yis'lell this ln<RIty Inst night. which. fowni,1s
morning. turned {ntd heavy steOt. .sturn. lsuil-
rnad trnl1ls frxtn thu North were live to ten
hours bGhInl In consequence.
, 1881-02-19
LOCAL POLITICS.
The Mayora'ty Contest-A Call to
Aid. Dixon.
Resolutions Offered In tic Twelfth, Wnr,1
OIL the Temperance Subject.

...: - .......
Eo*a' URN OF cofnffh'tioh "as crea.'d yes
so!.n;'krr,cr's ] r,rs,tnr wb,h c,,ar.,.i I'm, Mr
,1na., s,mfIIn, u.n. ,,n,s ,ars ~ fn.c,,rnr. md
.h.t 81, ,,nt ,'a, t,, ~ .1,o I'm, ~ 49,.
rutv in mi, II wns uso rhururd Tim, lc trIc,,
to slisrurt tho Republican pnr,y four ycnr. s'xo
by lning prime 'n"vor in tho Municipal Re-
form bill; that 'turiuu his two ycars' service In
a"a'' .,aIa "se''ngs, Il. n.'1 I'VE: a'. !na' , "as
F his sate "o wos s ec,'e s t" e,seketo m t cost. %
@ @ sc csaa@ ses to n" a 'ss ss szs% s"'
III s.teh,gan and Wisconsin,.
.AIu. Jolfy ". c1,Ar,,,
e!s i 's @s 99 I" @ H. mbs s%Ttos i 1sv a s
sSn' ay W., IT, s o ,k i o w y t t u sy ' a.: IT,
yIfk Vii aii:% III as,se Il !" as; = ean%i:
ts1y,ms n 1I:x @ ',iu,mitt. t n,".t'
tny at,c,;t"S, i, tlr ":iIta, ss Mr i: ". iott.r.
tmk.' Therc wcrn I,rrkrtIt Str. lnstrr, r. ".
itnrvey. Eti'rfdRn y. Hcitls. l.t's1t' Wa,nln.'l.
Mnrry Scsnh. Htl,! q. y. aspr7'Ene: Tho 1natter
oi wnrt' s,rt:,xi!tit WIS s!!st,is+,s ni :rrn!li
tsal Mr:. Clark's sn,Ino shuIl lo ir'l9ht l'ufnre
."t a H. H. , II ..,,,'t ,f" .u ~,
nn.",i" H." ~ r "nnt,t.. I.iu,.al init is iii
6uyu ur,,t wciui,t viii, tho ,notu tNsy a;ntt.
ilig ttit lu s t.m,n,Ats. a1l III every ui.t III Ills
pli'c ,,tIti t,rtvntt life his shDwn hi1nsoIf to 30
80, trxnx
r,, ,oua,,tn ALI a",, "'N'S ,.'.'. s,,.., =. a.,
Arthur nixon Yesterday. nnl Ills delight "ll* 40
Rrttt, u'ld Its pf!.!e indt'! - ~ high pItci!
tllat lln !ntnstll,!tG'; st"rte'! fnr = irip nL
rEGrcattfs ~ t,'ttrHt !'nrk. AL tho stEners hro
Wtal'Rnnw tatt1s,, iIlt hero u ts;o enll'
Ain. ntNt,S: Ihu ,iiluersgicd. tlf"tn!fofit
clt1nhs 4titl taxpayers ~ tue cir, Hnf!i3
wstc1n4l with Krtht interest your xcal fi tho
Interest " EMn Koscritnct!t with Batt4fntsiDft.
| ntN desiring t!at tlle Executive
*lnli H inail thnrNkhly III:
nfiiIHr WIN orr Eaaft!ealMt}. hftd
, 1881-02-19

1tussIA's PROPOSITION.
CoSsrASrlSoI'LE, Feb. 1S.-1t IL stated
That ltuss!a proposed to tic Puwcrs TINT
Cretu be ce.ltd to Greace, instead 0f tho ter
rltory in Epirus allotted by tho Confer-
Gnce.
THE MILITIA.
ATHENS, Feb 1S.--'rl.o Chamber Of Depu-
ties finally passed tho '!tl for the organExa-
lion OF the National G,lnru.
, 1881-02-19

Jptttal Dt<pateh to Tho Chtcd,u Tribune.
S.SbwtCtf, ILL.,, Feb 18-Overn q font If snow
hs fMllen hore sl,leu yesterday aftGrnn,t. Hill &
!ns travel utmost impossible. Ihls lll,lkus III u
two feet Ut snow III Que wceH.' :.
, 1881-02-19
Rapid Progress Of the h:,, Tyfa"- !!
UT nica1 Coercion Bill In
the House.
o,cs,t of IN Amendment to Exempt
Members Of Parliament
from Arrest.
r,;oetiou, Alsop Of an Amend
49, ment to Exclude Women
md Children.
cormal Notice by the Tories
that the New Rules
Are Irkeon1e.'
FEASIBILITY 81 a Formidable Parliament
ary Coalition Of Home.Rufors
and Tories.
MIN 1,n,bors OF War in Afghan
istau 1srca1< Fodll into q
Contlngration.
Ia Member Of the Ministry Elected
President Of the German
Reichstag.
,t,oputs Corroboratory Of Our Wedhcs-
days Recital Of the Fall
Of Linn.
The Monetary Conference Attracting
the Worlds Attention-6pan'
ish Decay.
. Manber of the Ministry Elected
President Of the German
Reichstag.
,4.opnts Corroloratory Of Our Wedncs-
day's Recital Of tho Fall
Of Linn.
The Monetary Conference Attracting
the Worlds Attention-6pan.
ish Decay.

TIL: U1kAStiESIENs
4nt<i,rI' ftIIJfs.

TIE DltASHt4Al+Ns
Spttatt Cahfr.
n,n,1y. Feb, 1s.-rl,e Drangc Emergency
rom,ntl,ce met to-tny. Later. tt1sposlhg Ut
1outne business, they drew up Il TELEGRAM,
which was dispatched to the Grant! Masterof
canada, requesting tho aid Of tic Ora''gcneli
srd other protestants Of the Dominion to
euabte the Committee to further oppose illo
5Jant.leaguo ai,d assist tic prosecuted
lfotcstants.
MISS rA1lSELI.
i A telegram received by tho 1,a,ld Leage an
nominees that sir. rarnull will nrr[yo I'll Sun
alay, md intends to speak Mt tho Glare
land meeting in Klngs County, on
8Sanday AFTERNOON. IL IL anticipated tliat
Hiss parnrll will speak ut n public meeting
II Esatldownry, County Meath.
frExr Of ONE CLAUSE OF TIE COERCION
HILL.
10 Ttsttrn assoefated FFtss.
toypoy, Fub. 1s.-In tho lIouse of Com
,nsns tho first clause of tlio Protection bill
based by vote Of yf3 to II. Tho clause Is
: a, follows:
= Any pcrton who IS declared by warrant OF tho
Lori Lieutenant to bp reasonably suspected OF
hislng either bcfor0 or nfter tho pnssiug If this
act been guilty as principal OF acccssory Of high
telspn, treason felony, or reasonable practice,
wherever committed, or Uf my orIue punishable
By ID. committed In a prescribed district, being
II act If violence or intimidation, or tho melting
toan act Of vIolenco or intimidation. and tend
Ing tn interfere with or listurb tho maintenance
Of law and order, tnny bc arrested III nny part Of
Ireland mud legally detained during tho cont!n'
uanec Of this net In such prison III ireland aa
nay from time 10 time 10 directed by tho Lord
Lieutenant without bn1l or mainrrlzo aud shall
, 1881-02-19

Spsti4f DSpdteh to The Chttayo Tribune.
Et.EIIAlT. llld, Feb. ia heavy al.ow-storn
Rct III lust evening and continued until tu.dIy.
There ntc grrat (rlrs that T. Will he fatawutl by
IL rtsl-stUrtii, which w0ti1d do grcnt unnltlHo
throughout this aecilnn. ..
, 1881-02-19
JACKSON. MICH,

8ptefal Dtspateh 10 1ht Chicago Tribune.
JACKSON. Mich, Fob. 1S.-A heavy SHOW
storm lust night aild to-day. There arc ton
Inches nt snow olI tho ground. Tralus lInyo
been On time to-day, however.
, 1881-02-19
MALT
BITTERS.

New I.!fts fDr Those N0rn Ont hy Disease.
l.Atur, t'nrc, Grlef, or Old Age.
MALI lt1I"rEita, prepared without fermentation
fs,}n 1tnt, Ilupa, tasayn una lrun. tho teheBt
Suut1*hllr AEHnt In tho world rallcd 1tItters" far
the Wcnk. canya1caeent. nyrrmorkrd Nervous, Mel.
ltlrhu1y and 1!ecess They feed tho 1ttILy and tia
nrnu, rcguntU atu Stomach mud unwelu, cleanss tho
lSrr md K!1ncJa+ lncruAxS the Appetite. 1na Uric
tho lslo.n. FHr Conrumpttsca. pritcAtp Foua!cs.
Nursing s1utherk BlckIy Children. mnd tlte Agua. tsy
nsu tnsy Eupettur u every HhcF preparation uf malt
Hr medicine. llexarp IT limitations sGllIArIy nnh1el.
su!d evesywhGfo.
IlaIL BiiteS Company, Boston, hlayy.
, 1881-02-19

Bauforls NadIcul Curu. Cutarrhal Solvent. md
Improved INHALER with speclno directions, 1nny
now be had Of ail lrnQgist4. 'eat!y wrappott ~
cal Cufp fpS CAtuEth.
, 1881-02-19
1his f. thc first tlrnu that MI n.lctnl connect
et with tho Ministry has b!GI, tlnsen 10 that

TIL: Itt;i.stIyIfaiH.
Ilm Upper House af tin I'russiah >tet has
rnaseJ Il bill fur tlie permanent remission Ut
1t.Ut0,O0U lnlrka nr tnxrs.
THE SESSION NF Tilt: DIET
will close on Wednesday, IL s',t lust.
, 1881-02-19

PAINS, Feb. t8.-Stycrll French subjects
III Algeria lrnye been killc,t by tl,nrIualng
tribes Ut men from Tullls,
, 1881-02-19

Spfetat DtsputtA IL The tAiedoo Tritunt.
DWIGHT. ILL.,, Feb 1s.-Foursecn inches OF
8now 0M tho level, tho heaviest fall Ut sslow ever
known Ia this vicinity.
, 1881-02-19

THREE PERSONS DROWNED.
st. LOUIS, Fol-. ls.-Georgc tslckest, hts tlaugt.
ter bIartha, n.ll Peter Allen toolurud) wuru
.lrownud yesterday III Tiiompson's Creek. huslr
Wuthosford, Tox., by tho fal! of bridge they
WrFD crossing,
, 1881-02-19

I.EAnv1,.LE, Colo. Feb. 1s.-IIlo cllarre.l
body Of Geurgo .. slicttelall, a miner, was
found III lis cabin yesterday, tho result ofn
lasip explosion. +
, 1881-02-19

PRESIDENT OF THE ltEICnsTA0.
DEn1lS, Feb. 18.-llerr Won uessler has
been elected President Ut tho Iielchstag.
, 1881-02-19
Special Djspdteh to The CHICAGO Iffbtlnl
DRIiTISII NEWS.
Till; SILVER QUESTION.

11[E SILVER QUESTION.
LONDON, Feb. lS.-Tho Manchester glsaTtI-
s.aI, IN discussing tho Monetary Conference,
says: ~ section III tic 1'anls IF England
Charter act provides tint tho Issue hepart~
lnent inay e,It notes upon silver t0 the cS-
tent of Ulc-fonrth OF the nnUllnt OF gold cofn
md b1illfon held by that department. The
practice for n,uny years hHs fnltCtt into
,esyett.le. II, however, 1t Is NOW enforced,
tho bank might Immediately buy over III o00,-
0Uo worth ut silver. II appears, therefore,
that without joining tho ranks Of tlo binct-
alist Countries. VIC CHI render them worry
substantial help. We to nOt say TINT 1t
would bo wlsp to use tho powers Of tho bank
to lis full cxtGnt and still less to do So NIL at
once. The ubuyu sectlun OF tho net wns III
tented to rectify tho dtsproportion III tho
supply otthe two metals. There is nothing
Improbable III tho superstition tint tho Gov
crnlnel,t niay Rce. III the present clrcs1tll-
stances, tho occasion for using tho powers
which lnyo long beeu III aboyalce."
THE FRANKLIN nEtlcs.
Lieut.. Sc1,wAtka has offered to place Mt
tho dlsposa! Of her Atnlesty'a Cover nmcIt
tho Franklin relies rccaltly discovered.
couns1Sa MATCH.
Tho mntcl. for tho Waterloo cup, the princ!-
Pai coaloIHH GfcHt u" 4ai6'Htus f"'"o "~''oP
WIS won by Princess DAglnar.
FAILURES,
Kirk 1}rotllorb, tr0lllnasturH at WorkInKton
and A[nryp0rt, and Morrison Brothers, IRON
brokers, Ut Glasgow, have fnllod.
LAYc0CK,
Inn Australian scullef, left for homo yo8ter-
day.
LORD WILLIAM rIyT LENNON,
Lord william Pitt Lc,,nnx n tlcatl. lIc
was tho younger son of Chnrlps Henry
Gordon Lenn0x, X. e., Duke ut Richmond.
.n,> In ,,,,r.tt,o.a "r<,,. ani,.. ond slim.
n,nnta for Enrnna wnrn n,ivfarI frnn l,rnyi,
n,,,o1,,, ~ f,,rthnr ,Ionrassfnn 1,r,o.u hnyn
, 1881-02-19
CLEARING !S4fLE.
GOLDEN Iii,iji n OPPORTUNITY ?: Or.
ANNUAL
CLEARING SALE.
CARSON, P|RIE
& CO.'S
Vest End Dry Goods House,
Madison and pcoria-sts.
DRESS f EABR|cs
UN NHEARD.0F PRICES!

200 pieces Of HALF Wool Satinc
Stripes, Brocades, etc., u Ia
cts. yard; half price.
Large assorted lot handsome Dr.
agonals and Brocatelles, best
shades, 15c; worth rs.
Double-width Monte Cloths.
heavy, firm fabric, fashionable
colors; great bargain, 2oc yd.
Choice Fancy Brocades and Suit
ings, 2oc yd.
Double-width Brocades, new col
ors, 25c.
Silk and Wool Novelties, ALL
Wool Suitings. end other fab
RIGS, reduced from 90 to age.
Ga Ally Wool Canacl's Hair Chew
lots, great bargain, soc yd.
46-inch ALL Wool French Monte
Cloths reduced from ooc to soc.
An-Woo1 French Cashmeres, "a
special bargain at 55c.
Our best $1.oo Monte Cloths now
IS cts.
Our $1.25 Choice Plaids now 85c.
Reductions in Fine Armures, Fig
ured Satines and Basket Cloths
Of from IS to go per cent.
One lot Black All-Wool Corde-
lettes, good value at ST., for
75c yard.
48-in. extra dollar and-a-quarter
Black Cashmere for ST..
Three cases Fine Wide Dress
cambrics, dark styles. worth
15c, for &c yard.
Pretty Light Shirting Prints, S Ia
cts. yard.
GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY!
Carson, PIRIE: GO.
, 1881-02-19

LIMA,
s,.,., coIsRonoIsAT1oy.
SEE yo,as 'pessA 10 1ns CAseaao 7ttsus4 e.
senepee a, eeb' ls.-Ftse following cosre-
sohhrlns the full account at TIM
, 1881-02-19

[nrun11tes coItoetHl fur t0nlper4tnrp elevation
md fNltuHlrn4A BrEot.
aIuitoA kn1X. r., . ....
u; mean barometer. Aultt 1nGan teMFetptuEs. III
Meah humility. Tha.
0ESE!tAt 0nAEkYATfnSA.
tf8n III tn
, 1881-02-19
TIC Shakers HursnpAril.u In Just what It pur-
pUr1s to bt.-Ufkf Cr,sbu. ". u.
BUSINESS NOTICES,

ffrla1nEsA Russia Nn1yn IN the mott
wonderful hcalK medium III tho worl,l.
, 1881-02-19
RUSSIA.

THE MONETARY CtlNFEAEScE.
Sr. i'ErEisnuRu, Feb ls.-ispssiA has sig
t,llutl her Willingness to send representa-
tive to the international Monetary C9nfer-
ellce,
, 1881-02-19
THE TREATY WITH CHINA.

| 6omo OF the members Ut the ClI!lle5e ms
sion aro preparing tu quit. 'f!.e draft Of tho
trcuty between lluss!a alld Cdlna only awaits
| Thu signatures.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-11-03

LIVE IssuKs.-If fossil of the dark ages could
the appeals to voters in the Democratic papers
of Virginia, on the eve of the election he would
feel if he had never died, but that his era was
in full bloom. Virginia Democrats are still in
the age of Pierce and Buchanan; they have not
yet reached the date of the Rebellion We have
before Virginia Democratic paper, which
is overf owing with appeals to the people to
go to the polls. Some of its adjuratiOns are as
heart-rending as the feature in Democratic pro-
cessions, in the early days of the Republican
party, when it was the custom TO fill a wagon
with dried-up, snaggle-toothed old maids, bear
ing banner inscribed: "Fathers and brothers.
save us from marrying Niger husbands" This
paper calls upon the freemen of Virginia to defeat
the Malone party, and thus prevent the inter-
marriage of whites and blacks, and the calamity
of mixed schools; to vote for the Democratic
members of the Legislature, if they don't want
that Heaven-ordainedp punishment, the whipping
post, abolished, and the jails filed with petty
thieves; to vote for the friends of the whipping
post, and thus protect their hen-roosts; to vote
against the Republicans and Readjusters, if they
do not want the law repealed requiring a capita
tion tax as passport to the ballot-box, which
would result in property holders being taxed for
the support of free schools; and many more such
convincing arguments. 1t is plain that the sal
walton Of the Democratic party in Virginia de-
pends upon throwing every obstacle in the way
of freedom, enlightenment, and progress.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-11-03
LEE AND Work OF GARrrELp:


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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-11-03
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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-11-03
Severance Items.

A secial dance held at the Severance House,
on Friday evening last. Everything passed off pleas
antly.
Miss Kupfer intends giving music lessons here, eli
ther vocal or instrumental.
Last Thursday evening. Mr.. and Mrs T. II. Frank
lin gave party, in honor Of Nellie and Willies birth
day, they both being sweet. Vocal and instru-
mental music and games the order of the even
ins-"sugar apple dumplings" taking the lead. They
received some very nice presents, useful well as
ornamental.
We noticed George Drake and NJ. L. Edwards in
town, Saturday.
Chas. Brcnner, from Doniphan. visiting T. II.
Franklin, last week.
Mrs Holmes, formerly Of this place, is visiting
friends here.
Elmer Plank has gone to Blue Springs, Nebraska,
to take charge of the station at that place Archie
Ford takes his place here, night operator.
Ed. Franklin went to DoniPhan, on Monday. lie
couldn't stay away any longer.
Bent Pasehal is the next happy man. 1t is girl
Chas. kopeitz's baby died, Sunday morning.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-11-03
Prairie Grove Items.

Two threshing machines at work in our ncighbor-
hood.
few of our boys attended the ball at Severance,
Friday evening
A car load ofempty beer kegs passed through Nor
way, last week. Quite a sensation.
Jesse Jameson, of Leona visiting in town,
Sunday. The last we saw of him, he was prepared
for a ride up Christian Avenue.
Tom Wood brought load Of fine apples TO Nor
way, Tuesday, and sold them to Mr. Joseph Stewart
who shipped them TO Hiawathh-
We learn that Mr.. Edwards has commenced school
again. and that the diphtheria has almost left the
neighborhood.
J. c. Roberts has returned from Colorado, and it
is quite interesting to hear him tell about his buffalo
and black bear exploits. Judd is bad man with
No. gun.
Tom Hardy has returned from St. Joe, where he
has been on a light "bum,- all week.
We sorry to learn that Miss Carrie Holzhey,
of pretty damsels, is going to leave She
is going to Missouri, soon.
We learn there is n certain microscopic Drained in
dividual in the neigbborhood who steals the Chief
every week. reads it, gives a raking, and then
takes IT to friends who are either too cute or too
stingy to subscribe for it-too cute, because they
can read it without, too stngy, simply because
they love money too we'll Such people as these al
ways are anxious to show the editor how to run a
paper. SATURN.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-11-03
THE ELECTION.

Ever since the Republican Convention, there
have been constant and industrious efforts made
toinduce some Republican to come out an indie
pendent candidate for Sheriff; but, up to last
accounts, they had not succeeded in making
cat's-paw of any Repnblican-for a cat's-paw is
what they are after. These efforts mainly come
from Democratic sources, backed by few so
called Republicans, whose efforts are always to
disorganize. We understand that Democrat
has announced himself as in for the race; but if
Republican comes out, who is likely to take
considerable number Of Republican votes, they
will buck this man of the track, and put on one
of the chosen few, and the whole party bulge in
for him, in the hope of electing him through the
Republican dissension. They would support an
independent Republican only in the contingency
that they could not hope to elect a man of their
own, and ON condition that Democrat should
be elected to some other Office. But they cannot
have even hope of beating any other candidate
on the ticket. From the fact that hot and not
very amiable contest was made for the nomina-
tion OF Sheriff, they Halter themselves that there
is sufficient dissatisfaction to warrant hope Of
defeating that candidate.
The first oyertures were made to Scott Thom-
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-11-03

Ig- We were mistaken in saying that the edi-
tor of the Central State would not retraet its vile
charges against Mr.. Smyth, a Republican candi-
date in Brown County. 1t not only retracts,
but abjectly crawls and cringes, and lcks Mr..
Smyths feet, and then goes to the other ex-
trcme, and vilcly abuses the Democrat who first
circulated the charges. A cOwardly slanderer
makes cowardly apologist. The editor of the
Central State does not hesitate a moment, upon
the slightest rumor, or without any foundation,
to foully SANDER political opponent, even
blackening the character.of young school girls TO
further his Object; and when he finds himself
brought to bay, and threatened with punish
ment, he crawls and begs so abjectly that he be-
comes even more dispicable than he was as a
slnndnrnr
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-11-03

II correspondent of the Central State writ
ing (or pretending toy from Troy, gets of more
than a column of driyel without sense or connec-
ton, made up from extracts from the ceremonies
of Masons and Knights of Honor, and odd ends
of quotations, mostly intended TO demolish Hen
shall. He, like many other Democrats, harps
upon the charge that Henshall was spy in the
Democratic camp, and had for years made it his
business to divulse the plans of the party, and
prevent its success; and yet it seems to hurt
him terribly because Henshall has left the par
ty to which he was such detriment. That
correspondent is not happy in his expressions.
His teeth are hal
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-11-03

East NORWAY, KAs., October 81, 1881.
On Monday, November 7th. there will be transit
of Mercury, ingress occurring Mt Troy about 257 p
n If the day be clear this will be very interesting
picture, though to it, must have telescope
glass ofsnch aperture, having power of 40 tines
will show this interesting phenomenon. AT o'clock
this planet will be at that point Of its orbit which lie.
closest to the earth; then Mercury, the earth and
the sun will nearly be in straight line Mercury be-
ing in the centre. We viii then have q chance to
compare the smallest Of the eight principal planets
with the sun. the centre Of the Solar System.
Another interesting celestial object is Encke,s
comet now in the constellation Virgo, z. A. 1862,
Dec 81 north. Il is now barely visible to the unaid-
ed eye. good opera glass will show it with toIera
bic satisfaction. At this date, it should be looked
for Spica, in the southern part Of Virgo.
Three other comets &c, ID, E, lssi) blaze in the
morning sky, but they close to the sun To he
seen with small instruments PLGn,Y